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The Union established the Gulf Blockading Squadron on October 29, 1861. Based at Key West, Florida, this fleet was responsible for maintaining the Union blockade from that point to the Texas-Mexico border at the Rio Grande River.
View Full Document. ade. The one great threat to the Union navyâs blockade of southern ports proved to be short-lived. The Confederates in Norfolk, Virginia, fashioned an ironclad ship from an abandoned Union steam frigate, the Merrimack. Rechristened the Virginia, it ventured out on March 8, 1862, and began at- tacking Union ships.