Civil War Confederate Ships S through Y

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Introduction
The information below comes from Series II, Volume 1 of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies. Digital copy at Archive.org.

Ship names beginning with S

 * St. Mary. Class: Side-wheel river steamer. Burned on the Yazoo River. For more information, see page 265


 * St. Nicholas.


 * St. Patrick. Built by Halligan. Class: Torpedo boat. January 24, 1865, transferred by Navy to Army. On the night of January 27, 1865, at 1 o'clock a.m., she struck the Octarara abaft the wheel house; the torpedo missed fire. For more information, see page 265


 * St. Philip. Captured at Indianola, Tex. Formerly U.S. steamer Star of the West. Class: Receiving ship. Sunk at Fort Pemberton above mouth of Yalobusha, in Tallahatchie River, Miss., as an obstruction. For more information, see page 265


 * Sallie (Privateer). Fitted out at Charleston, S.C. Class: Privateer. For more information, see page 265


 * Sampson. Class: Side-wheel, wooden gunboat; river steamer. Taken to Augusta, Ga., after the fall of Savannah. She was at one time a receiving ship; held until the war was ended. June 3, 1864, had 9 officers and 40 men. For more information, see page 265
 * Savannah (Privateer). Fitted out from Charleston, S.C.; commissioned May 18, 1861. Class: Schooner; sails. Captured by the U.S. brig Perry, June 3, 1861. This vessel was formerly pilot boat No. 7 at Charleston, S.C. For more information, see page 266


 * Savannah. Purchased by the State of Georgia. Class: Paddle-wheel steamer. The name C.S.S. Savannah, formerly the Everglade, was changed to Oconee, August 28, 1863. For more information, see page 266


 * Savannah. Built at Savannah, Ga. Class: Steam sloop; ironclad. Burned by the Confederates at the evacuation of Savannah in December, 1864. June 3, 1864, the Savannah's complement was 27 officers, 154 men. For more information, see page 266