I had an entry about this ship and all the blockade-runners it captured back on Jan. 1st. This is a follow up from Wikipedia.
The USS South Carolina was launched in 1860 and commissioned 22 May 1861. It was 217 feet long, 33.6 feet at beam and had a crew of 115. It carried four 8-inch guns, and one 32-pdr.
On Dec. 11, it captured one ship. In March 1862 it went to Boston for repairs, then joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and the blockade off Charleston. It participated in the destruction of two more vessels.
Decommissioned in 1866, it was sold and became the Juniata in merchant service until at least 1893 when it vanished from records.
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
