USS Columbia (1862)

USS Columbia (1862)

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

Captured by the Union Navy and placed into service

"Columbia", a screw steamer was captured 3 August 1862 by "Santiago de Cuba" while running the blockade off the coast of Florida; purchased by the Navy from the Key West, Florida, Prize Court 4 November 1862; outfitted at New York Navy Yard; and commissioned sometime in December, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant J. P. Couthouy in command.

Wrecked while assigned to serve in the North Atlantic Blockade

While serving with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron off Wilmington, North Carolina, "Columbia" ran aground and was wrecked off Masonboro Inlet 14 January 1863.

Crew and commanding officer captured by Confederate forces

Forty men of her crew, including her commanding officer, were captured by the Confederates.

References

See also

* United States Navy
* American Civil War

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c11/columbia-ii.htm USS Columbia]


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