USS ''Pinola'' was a built for the Union Navy during the

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The ''Pinola'' was launched on or about 3 October 1861,"Local Matters"
''The Sun'', p. 1, 1861-10-03. commissioned on 29 January 1862 under the command of Lieutenant Peirce Crosby and soon left for the

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, her station for more than three years of Civil War service. In April 1862, ''Pinola'' played an active role in the campaign that led to the capture of

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and was damaged while running past the fortifications below that city during the

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. One of her sailors, Gunner's Mate John B. Frisbee, was awarded the

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for his actions during the battle. In months that followed, she was employed on the lower Mississippi. On 28 June 1862, ''Pinola'' was one of the ships that successfully steamed past the batteries at Vicksburg, and passed them again headed down stream on 15 July. During 1863-64, ''Pinola'' served on the blockade off

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. She was similarly engaged off the coast of Texas during the last months of the war. During her years in the Gulf, ''Pinola'' captured two blockade runners and destroyed a third. Decommissioned in July 1865, ''Pinola'' was sold the following November. She was subsequently converted to a sailing merchant bark.

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