USS Pensacola

The USS Pensacola was a screw steamer assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in January of 1862 and remained on station until April 1864 when she sailed North to be overhauled.

  • USS Pensacola on NavSource

  • Deaths

      Name Rate/Rank Date of Death
    William BellGunner's Mate15 August 1862
    Frederick BethCaptain of the Hold29 March 1862
    Charles BradyFireman 1st Class22 March 1862
    Adolphus BrownOrdinary Seaman10 October 1863
    George BrownSeaman13 May 1862
    James BrownSeaman8 September 1863
    Martin ConleyLandsman29 October 1861
    Nicolas T. ConnorCoxswain1 April 1862
    Nelson DowningLandsman24 April 1862
    Charles Earnest1st Clerk5 October 1863
    Allan FergusonSeaman8 March 1863
    Frederick J. ForsythSeaman27 April 1862
    Thomas GraceFireman 1st Class10 October 1863
    Thomas Griffins (alias Gunning)Landsman25 April 1862
    John C. Huntly3rd Assistant Engineer20 October 1863
    Enoch JacksonLandsman30 September 1863
    John JenkinsLandsman4 May 1862
    Joseph KentActing Master's Mate5 December 1863
    Joseph T. LisleActing Assistant Paymaster25 September 1863
    ✚ ⋂Peter LocadeLandsman31 August 1863
    Michael McClusky1863
    James McGregor3rd Assistant Engineer23 September 1863
    Theodore MeyersSeaman24 April 1862
    John Moore-28 October 1863
    James MurrayOrdinary Seaman24 April 1862
    Phillip O'DonnellOrdinary Seaman26 August 1862
    Daniel O'MalleyLandsman23 June 1863
    ✚ ✎Peter N. Parsells (alias Charles Anderson)Gunner's Mate25 October 1862
    John H. RarickGunner's Mate1 June 1862
    John RyanQuartermaster8 May 1862

    Key

    killed in action
    prisoner of war
    died of disease or injury
    died of yellow fever
    ø died due to vessel loss
    died in ordnance accident
    buried on land in marked grave
    buried/lost at sea
    🎖 Medal of Honor recipient
    transcribed letters of sailor/marine posted

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