until March 1911. Three of her crewman earned the Medal of Honor during this period for jumping overboard to rescue fellow sailors: Boatswain's Mate Francis Moore on 23 January 1882, and Seaman Henry C. Courtney and Boatswain's Mate Thomas Cramen on 7 February 1882. Portsmouth was then loaned to the Public Health Service, Quarantine Station, Charleston, South Carolina to serve as a boarding launch. She was struck from the Navy List on 17 April 1915 and subsequently sold. Portsmouth was taken to Governors Island, Boston Harbor, and burned on the night of September 6–7, 1915, the culmination of a South Boston carnival. The event was well attended by politicians and others, and a fireboat siren shrieked a salute as flames poured out of her empty gun ports. Bank of America logo The Portsmouth was adopted as the logo for the San Francisco-founded Bank of America by its founder, Amadeo Giannini, in recognition of the ship's role in securing the city. Service pins issued to employees by the bank not only feature the ship's image, but include its name inscribed beneath.. The ship's helm was removed during decommissioning and was on display in the headquarter's reception area in 1995. Hoboken Civil War Memorial Portsmouth served in the New Jersey Naval Militia in the early 1900s. Two Dahlgren guns from her are part of the Hoboken Civil War Memorial located at Stevens Park in Hoboken. See also Bibliography of early American naval history Union Navy References Sources Downey, Joseph T., Ordinary Seaman, USN; Edited by Lamar, Howard. (1963-Reissued). The Cruise of the Portsmouth, 1845-1847, A Sailor's View of the Naval Conquest of California. Yale University Press. Sloops of the United States Navy Ships built in Kittery, Maine Mexican–American War ships of the United States Ships of the Union Navy Gunboats of the United States Navy American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States New Hampshire in the American Civil War 1843 ships Shipwrecks of the Massachusetts coast Second Opium War