- USS Clover (1863)
USS "Clover" (1863) was a steam operated gunboat acquired by the
Union Navy during theAmerican Civil War . She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries."Clover", a steam tug, was purchased as "Daisy" on
11 November 1863 from Winsor and Co.,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; outfitted atPhiladelphia Navy Yard ; and commissioned there on28 November 1863 , Acting Ensign J. M. Smiley in command.Service with the South Atlantic Blockade
"Clover" sailed on
1 December 1863 to join theSouth Atlantic Blockading Squadron atBeaufort, South Carolina . She was employed on picket duty guarding the monitors, and on tug and dispatch service until the end of the war.On
26 January 1865 she captured theschooner "Coquette" and brought her intoPort Royal, South Carolina . After the war, she joined in dragging for torpedoes (mines) offCharleston, South Carolina .Post-war decommissioning and sale
Arriving at
Philadelphia Navy Yard on26 July 1865 , "Clover" was decommissioned the following day and sold on21 September 1865 .References
See also
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United States Navy
*American Civil War
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