USS Shamrock (1863)
USS Shamrock (1863) was a large (974 ton) seaworthy steamer with powerful guns, acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
During the war, she participated in the operation of placing a spar torpedo into the dreaded CSS Albemarle, allowing Shamrock to sail on with the Union fleet to attack and capture Plymouth, North Carolina. After the war, she served in the Caribbean and voyaged to Europe prior to final decommissioning.
Read more about USS Shamrock (1863): Shamrock Commissioned in New York City On St. Patrick’s Day, Assigned To The North Atlantic Blockade Off North Carolina, On The Lookout For The Confederate Ram CSS Albemarle, With The Sinking of Albemarle, Plymouth, North Carolina, Is Exposed To Capture, Shamrock and Bazely Lead The Attack On Plymouth, North Carolina, Continued Operations in The North Carolina Sounds, Recommissioned After The War To Serve in The Caribbean and Visit Europe, Second, and Final, Decommissioning and Sale, See Also
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“O Paddy dear, an’ did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Saint Patrick’s Day we’ll keep, his colour can’t be seen,
For there’s a cruel law agin the wearin’ o’ the Green!”
—Unknown. The Wearing of the Green (l. 37–40)