crew to the sloop-of-war in the South Atlantic Squadron and, the following year, transported the American exhibits to Austria-Hungary for the Vienna Exposition of 1873. Following two years in ordinary at New York, the ship returned to Europe to bring back the exhibits from Vienna. Later that year, she made a training cruise with boys from New York. Then, in 1877, she served as a tender to the steam frigate , which was serving as a training ship at the time. In 1878, Supply sailed to Europe with the American exhibits for the Paris Exposition of 1878 and brought them home in March 1879. On 26 October 1878, while off Le Havre, France, Boatswain's Mate John Flannagan rescued a fellow sailor from drowning, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. On 27 January 1879, Supply collided with the British barque Diadem in the Atlantic Ocean. Diadem'''s crew abandoned ship and were landed at Madeira.Supply'' was decommissioned at New York on 23 April 1879 and was towed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was laid up until she was sold on 3 May 1884 to M. H. Gregory of Great Neck, Long Island, New York. See also Union Navy References Tenders of the United States Navy Mexican–American War ships of the United States Ships of the Union Navy Stores ships of the United States Navy Maritime incidents in January 1879