End-of-war Decommissioning, Sale and Civilian Career
After the end of the conflict, Maratanza was detached from her station on Cape Fear River in June and was ordered north, arriving at the Portsmouth Navy Yard (Maine) the 18th and decommissioning the 21st of June 1865. She remained in ordinary at Portsmouth until sold to A. B. & C. W. Lewis in August 1868. She subsequently served as a Haitian gunboat under the names Salnave and Union.
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