USS Ticonderoga (1862)  The second USS "Ticonderoga" was a 2526-ton "Lackawanna"-class screw sloop-of-war laid down by the New York Navy Yard in 1861; launched on 16 October 1862; sponsored by Miss Katherine Heaton Offley; and commissioned at New York on 12 May 1863, Commodore J. L. Lardner in command. "Ticonderoga" went south on 5 June 1863 for duty as flagship of the West Indies Squadron and, after stopping at Philadelphia, arrived at Cape Haitien on 12 June. She patrolled waters off the Virgin Islands, Barbados, Tobago, Trinidad, and Curaçao protecting Union commerce. "Ticonderoga" returned to Philadelphia for repairs in September. She was relieved as flagship of the squadron in October and sent to the Boston Navy Yard. Operating out of Boston, "Ticonderoga" searched unsuccessfully off Nova Scotia for the captured steamer "Chesapeake" from 11 to 16 December. In June 1864, she hunted Confederate commerce raiders off the New England coast, putting into Portland harbor, Maine, on 26 June. There, "Ticonderoga" received a telegram on 10 July ordering her to track down and destroy the marauding Confederate raider CSS "Florida". Her search lasted until October and carried "Ticonderoga" as far south as Cabo São Roque (Cape San Roque), Brazil, but was stopped because of mechanical troubles and insufficient fuel. She returned to Philadelphia late in October. "Ticonderoga" left Philadelphia bound for Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 31 October. She was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron on 4 November and deployed off Wilmington, North Carolina. "Ticonderoga" participated in the first, unsuccessful attempt to take Fort Fisher, North Carolina, on 24 and 25 December, losing eight men killed and 20 wounded on the first day of the assault when a 100-pounder Parrott rifle exploded. A landing party from "Ticonderoga" assisted in the capture of the fort on 15 January 1865, during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher. "Ticonderoga" joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron on 19 January. After a brief tour of duty, she left for Philadelphia in March and was decommissioned there on 5 May. The following crewmen of the USS "Ticonderoga" were awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Civil War:   "Ticonderoga" was recommissioned for service with the European Squadron in 1866.