USS Huron (1875)

USS Huron (1875)

USS "Huron", was an iron sloop-rigged steamer built by John Roach in Chester, Pennsylvania during 1873-75 and commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on November 15, 1875, with Commander George P. Ryan in command.

"Huron" arrived December 11 1875 for duty at the Norfolk Navy Yard, and spent the next 2 years cruising in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. She stopped at Vera Cruz and Key West on her first cruise, returning to Port Royal on August 4 1876, and visited many Caribbean and Venezuelan ports between March-June 1877. After repairs at New York Navy Yard in August, the ship sailed to Hampton Roads, and departed November 23 1877 for a scientific cruise on the coast of Cuba. "Huron" encountered heavy weather soon after departure, however, and was wrecked shortly after 1 a.m. next morning near Nags Head, North Carolina. For a time her crew worked in relatively little danger, attempting to free their ship, but she soon heeled over, carrying 98 officers and men to their deaths.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h9/huron-ii.htm

External links

[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~familyinformation/transcripts/huron.html Proceedings of Court of Inquiry on the Loss of the Huron]


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