USS Flag (1861)

USS Flag (1861)

USS "Flag" was a screw steamship in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

"Flag" was purchased 26 April 1861 as "Phineas Sprague", and renamed and commissioned 28 May 1861, Lieutenant Commander L. C. Sartori in command.

"Flag" reported for duty in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron at Charleston, South Carolina on 6 June 1861. Aside from periods in the North for repairs, she patrolled the coastal waters of the Carolinas until early 1865. "Flag" captured or shared in the capture of many blockade runners.

On 24 November 1861, she joined "Seneca" and "Pocahontas" in taking possession of Tybee Island, evacuated previously by the Confederates, and two days later, drove several southern ships back into Fort Pulaski, from which they were attempting to sail. She participated in the capture of Fernandina, Florida in March 1862, and in the general engagement of the fleet with the forts in Charleston Harbor 7 April 1863.

She returned to New York 16 February 1865, was decommissioned there 25 February 1865, and sold 12 July 1865.


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