Niphon, Under Fire, Saves A Stranded Berberry
On the 7th, Union blockader USS Aster chased blockade runner Annie ashore at New Inlet, under the guns of Fort Fisher, but the 285-ton Federal wooden steamer ran aground herself and was destroyed to prevent capture. Niphon rescued Aster’s crew under a hail of fire from Confederate batteries and towed out USS Berberry, after the Northern steamer had become disabled trying to pull Aster off the shoal.
On the last day of October, USS Wilderness and Niphon seized another blockade runner named Annie off New Inlet, North Carolina, a British steamer with cargo of tobacco, cotton, and turpentine.
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