USS Rocket (1862)

USS Rocket (1862)

USS "Rocket" (1862) was a tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

"Rocket", built at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1862 as the wooden harbor tug "J. P. Billard", was purchased for the Navy 12 October 1863 from Copeland & Howe at New York City and renamed the same day.

Service during the American Civil War

"Rocket" served as an ordnance tug carrying weapons and ammunition in New York Navy Yard during and after the Civil War. Reboilered in 1884, "Rocket" was subsequently transferred to Boston Navy Yard to perform yard tug duties.

Service during the Spanish American War

Thoroughly overhauled at Portsmouth Navy Yard (Maine) in 1889, "Rocket's" last service was as a fireboat and tug in Boston Navy Yard through the Spanish-American War.

Final decommissioning

Stricken from the Navy list 27 October 1899, "Rocket" was sold 28 December 1899 to Carrie I. Hall at Newport, Rhode Island.

References

See also

* United States Navy
* American Civil War

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r8/rocket-i.htm USS Rocket]


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