through the end of the Civil War. She decommissioned at League Island Navy Yard on 9 June 1865. Laid up and under repairs at League Island for a decade, Lehigh was recommissioned on 15 December 1875, with Commander George A. Stevens in command, and served as practice and school ship at the U.S. Naval Academy. In April 1876, she was assigned to the North Atlantic Station, and operated in the vicinity of Port Royal. From 1879 to 1895 Lehigh lay in the James River at City Point and off Richmond. In 1895, she was taken to League Island and repaired, and on 18 April 1898 was recommissioned under Lieutenant R. G. Peek for coastal defense and stationed off the New England coast for the duration of the Spanish–American War. She was decommissioned 8 September 1898, and remained at League Island until sold 14 April 1904. Notes References External links navsource.org: USS Lehigh hazegray.org: USS Lehigh Naval Historical Center: USS Lehigh Passaic-class monitors 1863 ships Ships of the Union Navy American Civil War monitors of the United States Ships built by Reaney, Son & Archbold Spanish–American War monitors of the United States Maritime incidents in November 1863