Assigned To Blockade Duty in The Union Navy
The former blockade runner was then fitted out at the New York Navy Yard for blockade duty off the Confederate coast. No logs for the ship seem to have survived, and no other documents have been found which record the date of her being placed in commission by the Union Navy. However, we do know that her active service began on or before 13 June 1863, for on that night Adela – commanded by Acting Volunteer Lt. Louis N. Stodder—left the navy yard, bound for Key West, Florida, to join the East Gulf Blockading Squadron.
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