USS Lavender (1864)

USS "Lavender" (1864) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a tugboat.

"Lavender", a tug built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1864 as "Mayflower", was purchased there by the Navy 25 May 1864.

Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockade

Ordered to proceed off Charleston, South Carolina, for duty with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, "Lavender", acting Master John H. Gleason in command, departed the Delaware Capes 11 June.

"Lavender" strikes a reef and is wrecked

Shortly before midnight on the 12th, she struck a reef off North Carolina during a severe squall. Efforts to get her free were thwarted when water entered her engine room and put out her fires. The wooden steamer was completely wrecked and nine of her crew were lost before Army steamer "John Farrow" rescued 14 survivors 3 days later.

References

See also

* United States Navy
* American Civil War

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l4/lavender.htm USS Lavender]