USS Don (1862)

USS "Don" (1862) was a captured British steam-operated cargo ship acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War.

She was put into service by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

Capture of the vessel, conversion to Union Navy use

The British blockade runner "Don" was captured off Beaufort, North Carolina, 4 March 1862 by "Pequot", and sent to Boston, Massachusetts, for adjudication. She was purchased by the Navy Department and sent to Boston Navy Yard to be fitted for service, arriving 21 April 1864.

Assigned to the Potomac River Flotilla

Don put out from Boston 15 May 1864, under the command of Acting Master S. B. Gregory, to join the Potomac Flotilla. She patrolled the Potomac River and other waters in and bordering Virginia with her base at Washington Navy Yard until 26 September 1865 when she sailed for New York City.

Post-war service and decommissioning

"Don" remained at New York until 28 October 1865 when she joined the North Atlantic Blockade Squadron to cruise on the coasts of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and in the West Indies. She returned to New York 11 May 1868, was decommissioned there 18 May 1868, and sold 29 August of the same year.

References

See also

* United States Navy
* American Civil War

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d5/don.htm USS Don]