Civil War Union Ships M through N

United States   U.S. Civil    Union Navy in the Civil War    Civil War Union Ships M through N

Introduction
The information below comes from. Included are the names of ships with information about dates of service in the Civil War, type of ship, name changes, etc.

Ship names beginning with Ma to Mi

 * M. W. Chapin, see Anacostia.
 * Macedonian. Captured October 25, 1812, from the British by the U. S. S. United States. Repaired, taken into the U. S. Navy. Broken up and rebuilt at Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1835-1836. Launched 1836. Class: Sailing frigate; changed to sloop-of-war. Sold December 31, 1875, at Norfolk, Va., to Wiggin and Robinson, for $14,071. Total cost of building and repairing to 1849, approximately, $340,895.09; cost of converting her from a frigate to a sloop-of-war, approximately, to April 15, 1853, $166,639. 1815 took part in operations against Barbary Powers. 1853-1856 one of Commodore Perry's Squadron, Japan Expedition, the only ship of that squadron that had target practice in Asiatic waters. 1863-1870, practice ship for midshipmen, U. S. Naval Academy.Description
 * Mackinaw. Built, April, 1863, at New York Navy Yard; machinery by Poole &amp; Hunt, Baltimore, Md., January, 1864. Launched, April 22, 1863. Class: Side-wheel steamer; double-ender; wood. Sold, October 3, 1867, at Philadelphia, Pa., for $17,900. Commissioned, April 23, 1864; went out of commission, May 11, 1865. Recommissioned, January 18, 1866, and went out of commission, finally, May 4, 1867. Cost of repairs while in naval service was $54,187. Description
 * Madawaska. Hull built at New York Navy Yard; engines by Allaire Works, New York, N. Y. Launced July 8, 1865. Class: Screw steamer; frigate. Sold, September 15, 1886, to Burdett Pond, Meriden, Conn. for $34,525. Name changed to Tennessee, May 15, 1869. Total cost of repairs while in naval service was $865,661.11. Description
 * Madgie. Purchased, October 14, 1861, at New York, N. Y., by George D. Morgan from R. F. Loper. Class: Screw steamer, wood. Foundered, October 11, 1862, off Frying Pan Shoals, N. C. Total cost of repairs while in the Government service was $26,924.93. Description
 * Maggie Baker, see Heliotrope.
 * Magnolia. Purchased, April 9, 1862, at New York, N. Y., by Navy Department from Key West prize court. Class: Side-wheel steamer. Sold at public auction, July 12, 1865, at New York, N. Y., to N. L. &amp; G. Griswold, by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., for $45,000. Captured, February 19, 1862, in trying to escape from Pass a l'Outre, by U. S. S. Brookly and other vessels, and sent to Key West, where she was condemned, sent to New York, and sold. Thomas Stack, of New York, was paid $11,963.36 for repairing her. She was commissioned at New York, July 22, 1862; went out of commission, New York, June 10, 1865. Description
 * Mahaska. Hull built at Portsmouth Navy Yard; machinery by Morgan Iron Works, N. Y. Launched, December 10, 1861, at Portsmouth, N. H. Class: Side-wheel steamer; double-ender; wood. Sold November 20, 1868, at New Orleans, La., by the department to John Dole, of Boston, Mass., and delivered to his agent, John Gibben, for $17,000. Commissioned, May 5, 1862, at Portsmouth, N. H., and went to sea for first time May 15, 1862; out of commission, Boston, September 9, 1864; recommissioned, January 16, 1865. Went out of commission September 12, 1868. Total cost of repairs while in naval service was $41,360.50.Description
 * Mahopac. Built by contract at Jersey City, N. J., by Secor &amp; Co. Launched, May 17, 1864, at New York, N. Y. Class: Screw steamer; single-turret monitor; wood and iron. In 1900, out of commission at League Island Navy Yard. June 15, 1869, name changed to Castor; August 10,1869, name changed from Castor to Mahpac. Total cost of repairs to January 1, 1889, was $254.357.25. September 22, 1864, commissioned at New York. Contract price was $460,000, the $174,827.89 being fro extras. Trial trip, August 20, 1864, at the end of which the vessel was delivered to the Government at New York Navy Yard. Description
 * Mail. Captured vessel. Class: Sailing vessel. Sold, October 20, 1865, at Port Royal, S. C., by Lieutenant Commander R. L. Law, for $1,025. A schooner of this name was captured by the U. S. S. Freeborn in the Potomac River August 1, 1862. Used as a schooner for divers at Port Royal, S. C. Description
 * Majestic. Purchased, December 2, 1861, at New Bedford, Mass., by G. D. Morgan &amp; R. H. Chappell. Ship. Purchased to sink Stone Fleet. Description
 * Malvern. Purchased from Boston prize court by Navy Department. Commissioned. February 9, 1864, at Boston Navy Yard. Class: Side-wheel steamer; gunboat; iron. Sold at public auction, October 25, 1865, at New York, to S. G. Bogart, by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., for $113,500. Captured, under name of Ella and Annie, November 9, 1863, by U. S. S. Niphon as a blockade runner. Commissioned, December 10, 1863, at Boston, for chase of steamer Chesapcake. Fitted for flagship, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron; commissioned, February 9, 1864, at Boston, Mass.; went out of commission, October 24, 1865, at New York. Total cost of repairs while in the naval service was $41,837.31 Flagship of Admiral D. D. Porter at capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15, 1865. Description
 * Manhattan. Built by contract with Perine, Secor &amp; Co. Launched, October 14, 1863, at Jersey City, N. J. Class: Screw steamer; light-draft monitor; wood and iron. In service, 1900, at Leauge Island. Sold March 24, 1902, to Henry Hitner's Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. Name changed to Neptune, June 15, 1869; thence to Manhattan,  August 10, 1869. The Manhattan was completed, May 21, 1864, and delivered to Government at new York Navy Yard, May 23, 1864. Total cost of repairs to January 1, 1889, was $246,456.10 Stricken from Navy Register December 14, 1901; sold March 24, 1902. Description