an attempt to remove the support provided by Marblehead and Pawnee, opened fire on the two gunboats. Marblehead suffered 20 hits, but was able to capture two of the enemy's 8-inch seacoast howitzers before returning north for repairs and reassignment. Four of her sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during this engagement: Contraband Robert Blake, Boatswain's Mate William Farley, Quartermaster James Miller, and Landsman Charles Moore. On 2 June 1864, she was ordered to serve as a practice ship for Naval Academy midshipmen at Newport, Rhode Island. A month later this service was interrupted as she resumed coastal patrol duties for five months. She then returned to Newport to serve as a practice ship. After completion of this duty, Marblehead arrived at the Washington Navy Yard where she decommissioned 19 September 1866. Recommissioned the following month and assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron, she operated in the Caribbean for the next two years. On 18 August 1868, she returned to the New York Navy Yard, decommissioned 4 September, and was sold on 30 September. References External links Photo gallery at Naval Historical Center Journal of a Cruise on board the U.S. Practice Ship Marblehead, 1865, MS 20 held by Special Collections & Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy Ships of the Union Navy Ships built in Newburyport, Massachusetts Steamships of the United States Navy Unadilla-class gunboats American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States Massachusetts in the American Civil War 1861 ships Marblehead, Massachusetts