This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: angie_feeney Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.suffolk/8014/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A bit of a long shot this one but does anyone have access to any Boston newspaper archives that might have reported on a public auction of ships on October 3, 1866. I'm trying to find out about the latter stages of the USS Port Royal which was a civil war gunboat. All records stop with the info that she was sold at Boston, Massachusetts, October 3, 1866. Would like to find out who she was sold to so's I can find out about what happened to her after. She would most likely have been renamed rather than scrapped as she was only built in 1862. On the same day 2 other ships were sold which might help with cross-referencing in case the Port Royal is not named herself: USS FEARNOT - renamed Nevada Sold at public auction, October 3, 1866, at Boston, Mass., to William F. Weld & Co., for $19,500, by Horatio Harris & Co. LT.SS PONTOOSUC Sold, October 3, 1866, at Boston, Mass., for $6,800. Description of the Port Royal: Launched: January 17, 1862 at New York Commissioned: April 26, 1862 at the New York Navy Yard Decommissioned: May 23, 1866 Struck: 1866 (est.) Fate: sold at Boston, Massachusetts, October 3, 1866 Type: Sassacus double ended steamboat Displacement: 805 tons Length: 209' Beam: 35' Draft: 9' Depth of hold: 11' 6" Propulsion: steam engine, side-wheel propelled Speed: 9 knots Thanks for looking and/or helping. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.