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USS Hendrick Hudson
History
Ordered as Florida
Launched 1859
Acquired 20 September 1862
Commissioned 30 December 1862
Decommissioned 8 August 1865
Captured by Union Navy forces, 6 April 1862
Fate Sold, 12 September 1865
Lost in commercial service 13 November 1867
General characteristics
Displacement 460 tons
Length 171 ft (52 m)
Beam 29 ft 11 in (9.12 m)
Depth of hold 9' 6"
Propulsion steam engine
screw-propelled
with sail assist
Speed 11 knots
Armament four 8" guns
two 20-pounder cannon
USS Hendrick Hudson was a schooner-rigged screw steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union blockade of the ports of the Confederate States of America.
Service history
CSS Florida
Hendrick Hudson was built as Florida in 1859 at Greenpoint, New York. She was taken into the Confederate States Navy in 1862 as CSS Florida.
USS Hendrick Hudson
Hendrick Hudson was captured by USS Pursuit while attempting to run the blockade at St. Andrews Bay, Florida on 6 April 1862. She was taken to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for adjudication, where she was condemned and purchased by the United States Department of the Navy from the prize court on 20 September 1862. Renamed Hendrick Hudson, she commissioned 30 December 1862 at Philadelphia, Acting Master John E. Giddings commanding. Assigned to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, Hendrick Hudson sailed to Hampton Roads, Virginia, arriving 3 January 1863, and from there proceeded to her blockading station off East Pass, St. George's Sound, Florida. On station 1 February, Hendrick Hudson began her long months of arduous blockade duty, working to shut off commerce through the multitude of small inlets and passes of the Florida coast.
She remained off St. George's Sound until late August 1863, capturing schooner Margaret on 1 February and schooner Teresa on 16 April. She then retired to Boston, Massachusetts for repairs and refitting, returning to a new station off the mouth of the Suwannee River on 28 December. Resuming her blockading duties, Hendrick Hudson encountered a small schooner off Key West, Florida on 21 March 1864 and stood toward her. The blockade runner, Wild Pigeon, suddenly turned across Hendrick Hudson's bow, however, and was inadvertently rammed and sunk. None of her assorted cargo could be recovered. The steamer continued her blockading duties through 1864, spending much of her time in busy Tampa Bay and St. Marks, Florida. A group of her men went ashore on an expedition on 12 November and engaged some Confederate soldiers briefly, in one of the many forays ashore by personnel of the East Gulf Squadron.
Hendrick Hudson participated 27 February to 7 March 1865 in an expedition with Union Army units in the vicinity of St. Marks, Florida. The steamer helped blockade the river and some of her crew went ashore with the Army in an attempt to capture Confederate positions in what came to be known as the Battle of Natural Bridge. Two of the ship's sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor for their part in this battle: Seaman John Mack and Coxswain George Schutt. Following the end of the U.S. Civil War, Hendrick Hudson was not retained in the squadron, and was ordered north 15 July 1865. She was decommissioned 8 August 1865 at Philadelphia and was sold on 12 September. Hendrick Hudson operated in commercial service until she was wrecked off Havana, Cuba on 13 November 1867. Her passengers and crew were rescued.
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In pastures green?
Not always;
sometimes He
who knoweth best,
in kindness leadeth me
In many ways where
heavy shadows be.
Out of the sunshine
warm and soft and bright...
Out of the sunshine
into the darkest night,
I oft would faint
with sorrow and affright,
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know He holds my hand;
so whether in the
green or desert land
I trust although I
may not understand.
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waters?
No, not always so;
Ofttimes the
heavy tempests round me blow,
And o'er my soul
the waters and billows go.
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beat loudest and I cry
aloud for help, the
Master standeth by
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Above the tempest
wild I hear Him say,
Beyond this
darkness lies a perfect day.
In every path
of thine I lead the way.
So whether on the
hilltops high and fair
I dwell, or in the
sunless valleys where
The
shadows lie...what matters? He is there.
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where'er the pathway lead
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helpless broken reed,
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sufficient for my need.
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hereafter I shall know
Why in His wisdom,
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