Assigned To The North Atlantic Blockade Off North Carolina
The next day, Shamrock was ordered to proceed directly to the sounds of North Carolina for duty in that area as part of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. At that time, Union naval forces in the sounds were threatened by the Confederate ironclad ram, Albemarle, which in April had sunk Union side wheel steamer, USS Southfield, and had enabled Southern forces to recapture Plymouth, North Carolina.
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