USS William Badger (1861)
- USS William Badger (1861)
USS "William Badger" (1861) was a whaler acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a supply ship and ship’s tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Whaling ship converted to Navy use as a supply ship
"William Badger" -- a wooden-hulled whaling ship -- was purchased by the Union Navy on 18 May 1861 from Henry F. Thomas, at New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Assigned to support the North Atlantic Blockade
Assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, "William Badger" served as a stationary supply ship at Hampton Roads, Virginia, into the summer of 1862.
Towed to Beaufort, North Carolina
Late in July, "William Badger" -- laden with a "goodly supply of provisions, clothing, and stores" for the ships of the Union Navy maintaining the blockade off Confederate-held Wilmington, North Carolina -- was towed by the steamer "State of Georgia" to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron base at Beaufort, North Carolina.
She remained there as a supply hulk for the remainder of the Civil War and, on occasion, served as an accommodations vessel.
Post-war decommissioning and sale
Sold at auction at Beaufort on 17 October 1865 to a Capt. James Abel, "William Badger" may have been broken up shortly thereafter, as she is not carried on mercantile lists in succeeding years.
References
See also
* United States Navy
* American Civil War
External links
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w8/william_badger.htm USS William Badger]
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