USS Kearsarge

Ship · United States · from January 24, 1862

Union sloop that hunted Confederate raiders in European waters and sank CSS Alabama.

February 5, 1862 Sails from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for Europe · map
March 2, 1862 At sea, the Atlantic (route and date approximate) · map
April 1, 1862 – December 31, 1862 Watches CSS Sumter at Gibraltar from Algeciras · map
September 1, 1863 – February 10, 1864 Watches CSS Florida at Brest (arrival approximate) · map
March 1, 1864 – June 12, 1864 Patrols the Channel from Flushing (approximate) · map
June 14, 1864 – June 18, 1864 Off Cherbourg, waiting for the Alabama · map
June 19, 1864 Sinks CSS Alabama (Battle of Cherbourg (1864)) · map
September 4, 1864 At sea, the Atlantic (route and date approximate) · map
November 7, 1864 – April 9, 1865 Returns to Boston for refit (date approximate) · map