Have you tried the http://www.history.navy.mil/

Lots there including ships, wars, officers. Individual histories are at the National Archives in Washington, DC.

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0899-3718(199701)61%3A1%3C165%3ATCONO1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M

http://www.civilwarhome.com/newmadriddescrip.htm

http://mdhsimage.mdhs.org/Library/Images/Mellon%20Images/Z24access/z24-01594.jpg
Almost to the bottom of the page is this picture of George N. Hollins!

In other words search for Commodore George N. Hollins.
This is a sampling of what I found!