USS Reindeer (1863) — was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat assigned to patrol Confederate waterways. Post war she was converted into a dispatch vessel and served that function until… … Wikipedia
USS Arthur (1855) — was a bark acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Arthur commissioned in New York City On 1 August 1861, Arthur a bark… … Wikipedia
USS Belle Italia (1862) — was a sloop captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Belle Italia captured by Corypheus and placed into Union Navy… … Wikipedia
USS Satellite (1854) — was a steam powered large tugboat, acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War and equipped with two powerful 8 inch guns. She was assigned to the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America.She served the Union Navy well,… … Wikipedia
USS Sam Houston (1861) — was a small (66 ton) schooner captured by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as a ship’s tender, pilot boat, and … Wikipedia
USS William G. Anderson (1859) — was a barque used by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was assigned by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. William G. Anderson a fast sailing bark built … Wikipedia
USS Victory (1863) — was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Victoria was used primarily by the Union Navy as a gunboat assigned to patrol Confederate waterways. She also performed duties as a reconnaissance boat, a convoy escort, and … Wikipedia
USS Caribou (IX-114) — USS Caribou (IX 114), an Armadillo class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the caribou, a North American reindeer, native to Canada, Alaska, and Greenland. Her keel … Wikipedia
USS Breaker (1862) — was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Operating as a Confederate Government schooner in Texas waterways … Wikipedia
USS Wasp (1814) — The fifth USS Wasp was a sloop of war that served in the U.S. Navy in 1814 during the War of 1812. Wasp was a ship rigged sloop of war constructed in 1813 at Newburyport, Massachusetts, by Cross Merrill. She was commissioned early in 1814, Master … Wikipedia