From the ORN, Series II, Vol. 1, p. 133

U. S. S. MALVERN.

Acquisition. – Purchased from Boston prize court by Navy Department. Commissioned. February 9, 1864, at Boston Navy Yard.

Cost. - $139,000.

Description. –

Class: Side-wheel steamer; gun- boat; iron.
Rate, rig, etc.: 4th; 2 masts.

Tonnage. – 627.

Dimensions. – Length, 240’; beam, 28’2”; depth, 9’ 3½”.

Draft. – October 14, 1864: forward, 7’ 4”; aft, 8’ 5”.

Engines. – One; beam. Diameter of cylinder, 50”; stroke, 11’.

Boilers – One; horizontal tubular; 4 furnaces.

Battery. – October 14, 1864; 4 20-pdr. Dahlgren rifles, 8 heavy 12-pdr. S. B.; September 1, 1865, 8 heavy 12-pdr. S. B.

Disposition. – Sold at public auction, October 25, 1865, at New York, to S. G. Bogart, by Burdett, Jones & Co., for $113,500.

Remarks. – Captured, under name of Ella and Annie, November 9, 1863, by U. S. S. Niphon as a blockade runner. Commissioned, December 10, 1863, at Boston, for chase of steamer Chesapeake. Fitted for flagship, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron; commissioned, February 9, 1864, at Boston, Mass.; went out of commission, October 24, 1865, at New York. Total cost of repairs while in the naval service was $41,837.31. Flagship of Admiral D. D. Porter at capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15, 1865.

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