Post War service: cleanup
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| ''Kearsarge'' then sailed along the French coast in an unsuccessful search for the commerce raider {{ship|CSS|Florida|cruiser|6}}, then proceeded to the Caribbean before turning northward for [[Boston, Massachusetts]], where she was decommissioned for repairs on 26 November. She was recommissioned four months later on 1 April 1865 and sailed for the coast of Spain on 14 April in an attempt to intercept {{ship|CSS|Stonewall}}. The Confederate ram eluded Federal warships and surrendered to Spanish authorities at [[Havana]], Cuba on 19 May. After cruising the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[English Channel]] south to [[Monrovia]], Liberia, ''Kearsarge'' was decommissioned on 14 August 1866 in the [[Boston Navy Yard]]. | ''Kearsarge'' then sailed along the French coast in an unsuccessful search for the commerce raider {{ship|CSS|Florida|cruiser|6}}, then proceeded to the Caribbean before turning northward for [[Boston, Massachusetts]], where she was decommissioned for repairs on 26 November. She was recommissioned four months later on 1 April 1865 and sailed for the coast of Spain on 14 April in an attempt to intercept {{ship|CSS|Stonewall}}. The Confederate ram eluded Federal warships and surrendered to Spanish authorities at [[Havana]], Cuba on 19 May. After cruising the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[English Channel]] south to [[Monrovia]], Liberia, ''Kearsarge'' was decommissioned on 14 August 1866 in the [[Boston Navy Yard]]. |
| ==Post War service== | ==Post-war service== |
| [[File:LC-USZ62-85390 (17912389734).jpg|thumb|right|A post Civil War photograph of USS ''Kearsarge''; the uniforms of the Marine Ships guard at right point to the period 1892-1904]] | [[File:LC-USZ62-85390 (17912389734).jpg|thumb|right|A post Civil War photograph of USS ''Kearsarge''; the uniforms of the Marine ship's guard at right point to the period 1892-1904]] |
| ''Kearsarge'' was recommissioned on 16 January 1868 and sailed on 12 February to serve in the South Pacific, operating out of [[Valparaíso]], Chile. On 22 August, she landed provisions for destitute earthquake victims in [[Peru]]. She continued to watch over American commercial interests along the coast of South America until 17 April 1869. Then she sailed to watch over American interests among the [[Marquesas]], [[Society Islands]], [[Navigators Islands]], and [[Fiji|Fiji Islands]]. She also called at ports in [[New South Wales]] and [[New Zealand]] before returning to [[Callao, Peru]] on 31 October. She resumed duties on the South Pacific Station until 21 July 1870, then cruised to the [[Hawaiian Islands]] before being decommissioned in the [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] on 11 October 1870. | ''Kearsarge'' was recommissioned on 16 January 1868 and sailed on 12 February to serve in the South Pacific, operating out of [[Valparaíso]], Chile. On 22 August, she landed provisions for destitute earthquake victims in [[Peru]]. She continued to watch over American commercial interests along the coast of South America until 17 April 1869. Then she sailed to watch over American interests among the [[Marquesas]], [[Society Islands]], [[Navigators Islands]], and [[Fiji|Fiji Islands]]. She also called at ports in [[New South Wales]] and [[New Zealand]] before returning to [[Callao, Peru]] on 31 October. She resumed duties on the South Pacific Station until 21 July 1870, then cruised to the [[Hawaiian Islands]] before being decommissioned in the [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] on 11 October 1870. |
| [[File:GAR 1893 - Kearsage.jpg|thumb|right|A replica of ''Kearsarge'' was on display at the 1893 [[Grand Army of the Republic|GAR]] National Convention in [[Indianapolis]], Indiana<ref>Troyer, 95</ref>]] | [[File:GAR 1893 - Kearsage.jpg|thumb|right|A replica of ''Kearsarge'' was on display at the 1893 [[Grand Army of the Republic|GAR]] National Convention in [[Indianapolis]], Indiana<ref>Troyer, 95</ref>]] |
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