Pampero (Storeship)
1861-1866
The Navy retained the name carried by this vessel at the time of her purchase.
(Storeship: tonnage 1,375; length 202'3"; beam 38'2"; depth of hold 19'1"; draft 20'0"; complement.50; armament 4 32-pounders)
Pampero, a wooden-hulled ship rigged vessel launched at Mystic, Conn., on 18 August 1853 by Charles Mallory, was purchased by the Navy at New York on 7 July 1861 from J. Bishop & Co.; and commissioned in August 1861, Acting Master Charles W. Lamson in command.
Pampero was assigned to the Gulf Blockading Squadron for service as a storeship and collier, and arrived off Ft. Pickins, Fla. on 19 September 1861. She supplied the ships and bases of the Squadron until it was divided in February 1862. She was then placed in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and supporting Rear-Adm. David Glasgow Farragut's operations through much of the war, making occasional voyages north to replenish.
Decommissioned at New Yorkon 20 July 1866, Pampero was sold at auction there on 1 October 1867.
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
14 February 2024
