the river. A. Houghton accompanied him downstream to New Orleans and then was sent to Pensacola, Florida, where she served as ammunition ship for the squadron until she sailed far north in the early autumn. She was decommissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 12 October and remained there undergoing repairs until she was placed back in commission on 3 December 1862. Then with her holds full of ammunition and other supplies, she once more sailed for the Gulf of Mexico and, by New Year's Day 1863, was back at Pensacola supporting Farragut's squadron. Reassigned to support to Atlantic blockade She remained on duty there until March 1863 when she sailed to New York City to load supplies for the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and served the ships of that organization – primarily at Hampton Roads, Virginia – into August when she entered the Norfolk Navy Yard and was decommissioned there on the 30th for repairs to her leaking hull. The bark was recommissioned on 1 October 1863, but transferred to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. She served at Port Royal, South Carolina – first as a supply vessel and then as a health ship – through the end of the Civil War. Post-war decommissioning After the South collapsed, she sailed north late in May 1865 and was decommissioned for the last time at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 9 June. She was sold at public auction there on 10 August. No facts concerning her subsequent career have been found. References Barques of the United States Navy 1852 ships Ships built in Maine Ammunition ships of the United States Navy Stores ships of the United States Navy American Civil War auxiliary ships of the United States Ships of the Union Navy