- USS Resolute (1860)
USS "Resolute" (1860) was a steamer acquired by the
Union Navy during theAmerican Civil War .She was purchased by the Union Navy to be part of the fleet of ships stationed in coastal waterways to prevent
blockade runners from entering or departing ports of the Confederacy. She served as agunboat and, at times, as aship's tender and, at war's end, was sold at auction.Built in New Jersey in 1860
"Resolute", a wooden, screw tug built in
1860 atKeyport, New Jersey , was purchased by the Navy7 May 1861 from A. Degroot ofNew York City ; and commissioned12 May 1861 , Acting Master William Budd in command.Civil War service
Assigned to the Potomac Flotilla
Assigned to the Union Navy's
Potomac Flotilla , "Resolute" went into action29 May 1861 in company with USS|Thomas Freeborn|1861, USS|Anacostia|1856, and Navy landing parties against Confederate shore batteries atAquia Creek ,Virginia .While returning from a voyage up the
Potomac River to maketopographical observations with Capt. W. R. Palmer, USA, on board, "Resolute" captured and burned the schooner "Somerset"8 June 1861 inBreton Bay .While patrolling upriver
7 July , she encountered and successfully swept two Confederate moored mines, among the first of their kind used in the Civil War. The enterprising tug captured the coaster "Ocean Wave"18 July 1861 after a long chase off the mouth of the Great Wicomico River but lost three killed and one wounded15 August when her boat unsuccessfully attempted to capture a Confederate boat at Lower Cedar Point, Virginia.Activity in the Virginia waterways
"Resolute" destroyed four boats
31 August 1861 inshore at Ferry Landing, Virginia; captured theschooner "Jones"11 August 1862 and thesloop "Capitola"8 November 1862 ; and during mid-July1863 , operated close inshore in company with USS|Jacob Bell|1842 and USS|Racer|1861 under fire of Confederate shore batteries at Mathias Point to protect unloading operations from the grounded Army transport "George Peabody".Resolute patrolled St. Inigoes Creek, St. Mary's River, St. George's Creek, and the mouth of the
Rappahannock River , into1864 . From August to October1864 , she acted asship's tender to the coast defense monitor USS|Roanoke|1855 anchored offPoint Lookout, Maryland . Subsequently under major overhaul12 October 1864 to11 January 1865 atWashington Navy Yard , "Resolute" returned to the Potomac Flotilla to resume cruising duty. Steaming largely off Cockpit Point, Liverpool Point, and between Sandy Point and Indian Head,Post-war decommissioning and sale
"Resolute" returned to
Washington Navy Yard at war's end and was decommissioned26 May 1865 . "Resolute" was sold24 June 1865 atWashington, D.C. , to T. J. Southard. Redocumented8 July 1865 , she remained in merchant service until abandoned in1899 .References
See also
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United States Navy
*American Civil War External links
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r5/resolute-i.htm USS Resolute]
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