USS Fern (1862)

USS Fern (1862)

USS "Fern" (1862) was a tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Her task was to tow other ships and barges, and to provide other duties that a shall should could easily do, such as dispatch running.

Assigned to the Western Flotilla

The first ship to be named "Fern" by the Union Navy was a tug, formerly Intrepid, which operated under Master Alpheus Amiss with the War Department's Western Flotilla until 1 October 1862 when all these vessels were transferred to the Union Navy. Placed in the command of Amiss who was made Acting Ensign, she was renamed Fern about 19 October.

Operating with the Mississippi Squadron

"Fern" was assigned to the Mississippi River Squadron to operate on western waters between Cairo, Illinois, and the mouth of the Red River. She towed barges loaded with troops, delivered dispatches, transported officers, and tended coal barges.

Transporting Major General William T. Sherman

On 19 March 1863 during a joint expedition to penetrate the Yazoo River, she carried Major-General William T. Sherman up Steele's Bayou. From August 1863 to May 1865 she was stationed off Natchez, Mississippi, to tend and pump coal barges, and in early June 1865 participated in an expedition up the Red River to receive the surrender of Confederate Navy men and material.

"Fern" was ordered to Mound City, Illinois, where on 12 August 1865 she was decommissioned and later sold.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f2/fern-i.htm


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