U.S. Navy
Murphy, PatrickConflictCivil War
RankChief Boatswain's Mate
Year of Action1864
Unit/CommandUSS Metacomet
Citation
Served as boatswain’s mate on board the USS Metacomet, during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Murphy performed his duties with skill and courage throughout a furious 2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
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