Battle of Mobile Bay order of battle

The order of battle for the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864.

Navy
Commander : Rear Admiral David Farragut

14 wooden ships:


 * USS Brooklyn (1858) (screw sloop) — Captain James Alden
 * USS Galena (1862) (950-ton ironclad gunboat/screw steamer) — Lieutenant Commander Clark H. Wells
 * USS Hartford (1858) (2900-ton screw sloop; Farragut's flagship) — Flag Captain Percival Drayton
 * USS Itasca (1861) (gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander George Brown
 * USS Kennebec (1861) (gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander William P. McCann
 * USS Lackawanna (1862) (1240-ton steam screw sloop-of-war) — Captain John B. Marchand
 * USS Metacomet (1863) (1173-ton Sassacus-class "double-ender" steam gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander James Edward Jouett
 * USS Monongahela (1862) (screw sloop) — Commander James H. Strong
 * USS Octorara (1861) (981-ton "double-ender" side-wheel gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Green
 * USS Oneida (1861) (screw sloop) — Commander J. R. Madison Mullaney
 * USS Ossipee (1861) (1240-ton steam screw sloop) — Commander William E. Le Roy
 * USS Port Royal (1862) (sidewheel steamer gunboat "double-ender") — Lieutenant Commander Bancroft Gherardi
 * USS Richmond (1860) (screw sloop) — Captain Thornton A. Jenkins
 * USS Seminole (1859) (screw sloop) — Commander Edward Donaldson

4 ironclad monitors:
 * USS Chickasaw (1864) (1300-ton Milwaukee-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) — Lieutenant Commander George H. Perkins
 * USS Manhattan (1863) (2100-ton Canonicus-class monitor) — Commander James W. Nicholson
 * USS Tecumseh (1863) (2100-ton Canonicus-class monitor) — Commander Tunis Craven (sunk by torpedo)
 * USS Winnebago (1863) (1300-ton Milwaukee-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) — Commander Thomas H. Stevens, Jr.

Army
Commander : Military Division of West Mississippi — Major-General Edward R. S. Canby (not present)

Navy
Commander: Admiral Franklin Buchanan (captured)

1 ironclad:
 * CSS Tennessee (1273-ton ironclad ram; Buchanan's flagship) — Captain James D. Johnston (captured)

3 gunboats:
 * CSS Gaines (863-ton side-wheel gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander J. W. Bennett (grounded and abandoned)
 * CSS Morgan (863-ton side-wheel gunboat) — Commander George W. Harrison
 * CSS Selma (320-ton side-wheel gunboat) — Lieutenant Peter U. Murphey (captured)