USS Renshaw (1862)

USS Renshaw (1862)

The first USS "Renshaw" was a schooner in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

"Renshaw", a new schooner still unrigged, was captured by a boatcrew from "Louisiana" in the Tar River some 5 miles above Washington, North Carolina, 20 May 1862. The members of the expedition named the prize, taken without papers, for "Louisiana's" commanding officer, Comdr. Richard T. Renshaw. "R. T. Renshaw", soon renamed "Renshaw" so that she might also honor the late Comdr. William B. Renshaw, was placed in service as an ordnance hulk and formally purchased by the Navy from the Boston Prize Court 28 October 1862.

She served in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron through the remainder of the Civil War and was sold at Norfolk, Virginia 12 August 1865.

See USS|Renshaw for other ships of this name.


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