";s:4:"text";s:4838:" It was a paddle steamer though it still had full sails. The Confederate States of America considered launching attacks against the North from Canada. Additional information is available in "The Development of Governmental Forest Control in the United States," by Jenks Cameron, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1928; and in "Guardian of the Great Lakes," by Bradley A. Rogers, The University of Michigan Press, 1996. She was renamed USS Wolverine in 1905.Early careerMichigan operated on the Great Lakes out of Erie, Pennsylvania, throughout her career.
Though many troops and munitions were captured by the Though it had a long career of keeping the peace on the Great Lakes, the USS The underwater body was found to be in very good condition, with the exception of the plates under the boilers and under the fore hold. 1842. When she was rammed in the early hours of May 6, 1853, in southern Lake Huron, by the wooden-hulled Buffalo, the Michigan was badly damaged, but the Buffalo proceeded south towards the St. Clair River and was not "captured." USS Michigan (1843) was the U.S. Navy's first iron-hulled warship. Led by Acting Master John Yates Beall, 20 Confederates embarked on the steamer Philo Parsons as passengers and soon seized her. The assassins fled to Michigan for sanctuary and were taken to Mackinac and released.In an encounter with Great Lakes "timber pirates" in the 1850s, a steamer rammed Michigan. During August 1863, Michigan was called on for similar service in Buffalo, New York.During 1864, rumors of Confederate conspiracies in Canada were heard again. Tensions with Britain began to cool and the US wanted nothing to do with this invasion and took measures to try and keep contraband weaponry out of Fenian hands. Massachusetts, [edit] Pennsylvania Naval Militia serviceWolverine was turned over to the Pennsylvania Naval Militia, which she served for 11 years, making training cruises in the summer for the United States Naval Reserve. Annapolis,