and anchored there. Four of her boats carried the survey yet further up the river to the mouth of the Lara, which was reached on 6 May 1870. After the expedition, Nyack ran to Panama City for coal and supplies. This trip coincided with a great fire in the town and 60 men of the crew turned out to help fight the blaze. It was reported that her machinery was disabled, so she sailed to Callao for repairs. Captain Eastman was relieved of command there and placed under arrest on charges of debt and scandalous conduct. Newspaper reports of the time said the cause was "too much [sic] French ballet dancers in Callao". Eastman was replaced by Lieutenant Commander Henry Glass. Captain Glass took the ship to Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was on 31 December 1870. Nyack's boilers were damaged beyond repair, so she was forced to sail to Hawaii from Callao, a trip that took 45 days. The rescued crew of the wrecked USS Saginaw was transferred aboard Nyack on 14 January 1871. Given Nyack's poor condition, however, the crew of Saginaw was embarked on Moses Taylor, which took them to San Francisco. On 26 January 1871, Captain Glass was presented to King Kamehameha V as part of a reception to thank the king for assistance in rescuing the crew of the Saginaw. Nyack arrived in San Francisco from Hawaii on 24 February 1871. On 28 February 1871, Captain Glass and all his officers were detached from Nyack. The ship was decommissioned on 15 March 1871. During March 1871 Nyack was surveyed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. It seems likely that the survey revealed that repairing the ship would be costly, since she never sailed again. She was placed in "ordinary" status, which is to say that she was maintained as a reserve ship with no permanent crew. Nyack was sold to W. E. Mighell on 30 November 1883 for $6,500 through a sealed bidding process. Mighell had the ship towed from Mare Island to Cresham's Point, where she was broken up in December 1883. References Steamships of the United States Navy Gunboats of the United States Navy American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States New York (state) in the American Civil War 1863 ships