Civil War Union Ships H through L

United States   U.S. Civil    Union Navy in the Civil War    Civil War Union Ships H through L

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 H

 * Harcourt. Purchased, June 14, 1864, at New York, by Rear Admiral H. Paulding. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold, April 16, 1867, at Norfolk Navy Yard, for $3,581.45. November 20, 1865, was in ordinary at Norfolk Navy Yard. Total cost of repairs was $6,631.59. Description
 * Harriet Lane. Built in New York by W. H. Webb. Launched November, 1857. Transferred to Navy September 17, 1861. Side-wheel steamer; revenue cutter. Captured by Confederates, January 1, 1863, off Galveston, Tex. Recovered at Havana at close of war and sold to Elliot Ritchie and others, of Boston; transformed into a bark and eventually foundered in Carribean Sea May 13, 1884. Only steam vessel in Revenue Cutter Service at outbreak of war. Was at disposal of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales and party, 1860. Description
 * Harry Bumm, see Epsilon.
 * Hartford. By Government; machinery by Harrison Loring, Boston, Mass. Launched, November 22, 1858, at Boston Navy Yard. Class: Screw steamer; first-class sloop; wood. Still in the service at Charleston, S. C. Commenced in December 1857, and completed in June 1859. Description
 * Hartford, see Sibyl.
 * Harvest. Purchased, October 21, 1861, at New Bedford, Mass., by George D. Morgan and R. H. Chappell. Bark. Purchased to sink. Stone Fleet. Description
 * Harvest Moon. Purchased, November 16, 1863, at Boston, Mass., by Commodore J. B. Montgomery, from Charles Spear. Class: Side-wheel steamer; wood. Sunk, May 1, 1865, by a torpedo, near Georgetown, S. C. Commissioned, February 12, 1864, at Boston Navy Yard, April 20, 1865, wreck was abandoned, after taking out machinery, etc. Description
 * Harpy, see Klamath.
 * Hastings. Purchased, March 24, 1863, at Cairo, Ill., by Rear Admiral D. D. Porter, from J. Batchelor and others Class: Side-wheel steamer; wood. Sold, at Mound City, Ill., August 17, 1865, at public auction, to Henry H. Semmes, by Sol. A. Silver, for $12,700. Name changed from Emma Duncan, under which she was purchased, to Hastings. June 7, 1865, went out of commission. Description
 * Hatteras. Purchased, September 25, 1861, at Wilmington, Del., by Admiral S. F. Du Pont, from Harlan, Holinsworth &amp; Co. Class: Side-wheel steamer; iron. Sunk, January 11, 1863, off Galveston, Tex., by C. S. S. Alabama. Name changed from St. Marys. Description
 * Hecated, see Etlah.
 * Hecla, see Shakamaxon.
 * Heliotrope. Purchased, December 16, 1863, at New York, by Rear Admiral Gregory, from Stacey Pitcher. Class: Side-wheel steamer; wood. Sold, June 17, 1865, at Washington, D. C., to Treasury Department, to be turned over to Light-House Board, for $6,000. Name changed from Mappie Baker. Total cost of repairs while in the naval service was $38,060.84. April 24, 1864, commissioned a New York Navy Yard; June 12, 1865, went out of commission. Description
 * Hendrick Hudson. Purchased, September 20, 1862, from Philadelphia prize court, by Navy Department. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold at auction at Philadelphia, September 12, 1865, by Samuel C. Cook, for $28,500. Name changed from Florida, her former name, to Hendrick Hudson. Total cost of repairs while in Government service was $55,264.04. Captured, April 6, 1862, by the U. S. S. Pursuit. December 30, 1862, commissioned at Philadelphia, Pa.; went out of commission, August 8, 1865. this vessel has a round stern, light spar deck fore and aft. and a house on top. Description
 * Henry Andrew. Purchased September 10, 1861, at New York, from Mr. Van Santvoord, by George D. Morgan. Class: Swiftsure propeller steamer. Wrecked August 24, 1862, 15 miles south of Cape Henry, in a gale. Description
 * Henry Brinker. Purchased October 29, 1861, at New York, N. Y., from Henry Brinker, by George D. Morgan. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold at public auction July 20, 1865, at Washington, D. C., to Mr. Howell, by William L. Wall &amp; Co., for $5,200. Commissioned December 15, 1861, at Baltimore, Md.; June 29, 1865, went out of commission. Total cost of repairs while in the Government service was $30,068.78. Description
 * Henry Janes. Purchased, September 27, 1861, at New York, by George D. Morgan, from Van Brunt &amp; Slaght. Class: Sails; wood. Sold at public auction July 20, 1865, at Portsmouth, N. H., to George Burnham, jr., by Charles Clark, for $10,100. Total cost of repairs while in naval service was $33,121.64. January 30, 1862, commissioned at New York Navy Yard. Went out of commission July 12, 1865. Description
 * Herald. Purchased October 24, 1861, at New Bedford, by George D. Morgan and R. H. Chappell. Ship. Purchased to sink. Stone Fleet. Description
 * Hero, see  Moccasin.
 * Hero, see Casco.
 * Hero. Purchased August 13, 1861, at Balrimore, Md., by Captain H. S. Stellwagen. Schooner. Purchased to sink. Stone Fleet. Description
 * Hettiwan, see Percy Drayton.
 * Hetzel. Placed at disposal of the Navy Department August 21, 1861, by the Treasury Department. Class: Side-wheel steamer; wood. Returned to Coast Survey. Cost of repairs while in the naval service was $29.804,16. Description
 * Hibiscus. Purchased at New York, November 16, 1864, by Rear Admiral Gregory from S. M. Pook. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold at public auction, October 5, 1866, at New York, N. Y., by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., $15,300. November 3, 1864, delivered to the Government. Commissioned December 29, 1864, at New York Navy Yard. August 19, 1865, went out of commission. Description
 * Hippodame, see Hydrangea.
 * Hollyhock. Purchased March 5, 1863, at New Orleans, La., by Admiral Farragut. Class: Side-wheel steamer. Sold at public auction Ocotber 5, 1865, at New Orleans, La., to P. Bennett, by G. A. Hall &amp; Co., for $6,500. Name changed to Reliance. Taken into service March 5, 1863, as tender to vessels of West Gulf Squadron. Total cost of repairs while in naval service was $2,703.82. Description
 * Home. Purchased August 14, 1863, at New York, N. Y., by Rear Admiral F. H. Gregory. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold at public auction September 5, 1865, at New York, to Benner &amp; Brown, by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., for $35,000. Name changed from Key West. Delivered at New York Navy Yard, August 18, 1863. Total cost of repairs was $4,650.45. Commissioned, August 21, 1863, at New York; August 24, 1865, went out of commission. Description
 * Honduras. Purchased, July 31, 1863, at New York, N. Y., by Rear Admiral H. Paulding, from Simeon Ackerman. Class: Side-wheel steamer; wood. Sold at auction, September 5, 1865, at New York, W. A. Lightfall, by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., for $27,000. Commissioned, Septmeber 8, 1863, a New York Navy Yard. Went out of commission, August 5, 1865.Description
 * Honeysuckle. Purchased, August 19, 1863, at New York, by Rear Admiral H. Paulding, from Frank Perew. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold at public auction, August 15, 1865, at New York, for $21,300. Name changed from W. G. Fargo. Cost of alterations and repairs while in the naval service was $11,506.80. Commissioned December 3, 1863, at New York Navy Yard; June 30, 1865, went out of commission.Description
 * Hope. Purchased, November 29, 1861, at New York, N. Y., by George D. Morgan from T. P. Ives. Class: Sailing vessel; wood. Sold at public auction, October 25, 1865, at New York, to T. Morley, by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., for $5,050. Cost of repairs while in the naval service was $3,712.52. Went out of commission, September 6, 1865. Description
 * Horner, see T. D. Horner.
 * Hornet, see Lady Sterling.
 * Horace Beals. Purchased, September 14, 1861, at New York, by George D. Morgan. Class: Mortar schooner, sails; wood. Sold at public auction, May 30, 1865, at New York, N. Y., to A. Leary, by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., for $11,000. Total cost of repairs while in Government service was $29,250.79. Commissioned at New York Navy Yard, February 5, 1862; went out of commission, May 13, 1865. Description
 * Houghton, see Houghton.
 * Housatonic. Built by Government contract; hull at Boston Navy Yard; machinery, by Globe Works (Jabez Coney et al.), Boston, Mass. Launched, November 20, 1861, at Boston, Mass. Screw steamer; sloop-of-war. Sunk, February 17, 1864, outside bar of Charleston, S. C., by Confederate torpedo boat. Description
 * Howquah. Purchased, June 17, 1863, at Boston, Mass., from G. W. Upton by S. M. Pook. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold, at public auction, August 10, 1865, at Philadelphia, by Samuel C. Cook, for $15,900. Commissioned September 1, 1863, at Boston, Mass.; went out of commission, June 22, 1865. Total cost of repairs was $23,857.45.Description
 * Hoyt. Purchased, July 1, 1864, at New York, N. Y., by Rear-Admiral H. Paulding. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold at public auction, August 10, 1865, at Philadelphia, Pa., by Samuel C. Cook, for $2,100. Name changed from Luke Hoyt.  cost of repairts while in naval service was $736.16.Description
 * Hunchback. Purchased, December 16, 1861, at New York, N. Y., by George D. Morgan, from George Law. Class: Side-wheel steamer; ferry boat; wood. Sold at public auction, July 12, 1865, at New York, N. Y., to New York &amp; Brooklyn Fetty Co., by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., for $16,500. Commissioned January 3, 1862, at Hampton Roads, Va.; Went out of commissioin, June 12, 1865. Total cost of repairs while in the naval service was $1,981.41.Description
 * Huntress. Purchased June 9, 1864, at Louisville, Ky., by Rear Admiral D. D. Porter. Class: Stern-wheel steamer; wood. Sold at publice auction August 17, 1865, at Mound City, Ill., to Samuel Black, by Sol. A. Silver, for $8,100. Went out of commission, August 10, 1865. Description
 * Huntsville. Purchased August 24, 1861, at new York, N. Y., by George D. Morgan, from H. B. Cromwell &amp; Co. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold at public auction November 30, 1865, at New York, to Russell Sturgis, by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., for $33,000. Originally chartered for 3 months early in May, 18681, by S. L. Breese, at New York. Commissioned May 9, 1861, at New York Navy Yard; April 5, 1862, went out of commission. Recommissioned June 11, 1862. August 19, 1864, again went out of commission and recommissioned March 25, 1865. August 28, 1865, finally went out of commission. Description
 * Huron. Built by contract at Boston, Mass. Hull by Paul Curtis; machinery by Harrison Loring. Launched there, September 21, 1861. Class: Screw steamer; gunboat; wood. Sold June 14, 1869, at New York, for $13,200. Commissioned January 8, 1862, at Boston Navy Yard; went out of commission June 8, 1864; Recommissioned September 26, 1864; went out of commission June 19, 1865. Recommissioned January 8, 1867, and finally went out of commission October 8, 1868. Description
 * Hyacinth. Transferred September 30, 1862, by War Department. Class: Screw steamer. Sold at public auction August 17, 1865, at Mound City, Ill., to A. T. Paine, Mobile Ala., by Sol A. Silver, for $4,350. Name changed from Spitfire. The total cost of repairts was $1,157.40. Employed as a tug on Western rivers and carried no battery. Description
 * Hydra, see Tunxis.
 * Hydrangea. Purchased, October 16, 1863, at Erie, N. Y., by Rear Admiral H. Paulding, from C. W. Copeland. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold at public auction, October 25, 1865, to S. &amp; J. M. Flanagan, at New York, N. Y., by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., for $10,300. Name changed to Hydrangea from Hippodame. Total cost of repairs while in the naval service was $12,577.93. April 18, 1864, commissioned at New York Navy Yard. Went out of commission September 1, 1865. Description

Ship names beginning with I

 * I. N. Seymour. Purchased, October 26, 1861, New York, N. Y., by George D. Morgan, from Mr. Schutlz. Class: Side-wheel steamer; wood. Ordered, June 20, 1865, to be turned over to the Light House Board, at Washington, by Navy Department, at a cost of $8,000. Total cost of repairs was $15,802.47. May 16, 1865, went out of commission. Description
 * Ibex. Purchased, December 10, 1864, at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Paymaster C. C. Jackson. Class: Side-wheel steamer; wood. Sold at public auction, August 17, 1865, at Mound City, Ill., to Thomson Dean et al., by Sol. A. Silver, for $19,000. Name changed from Ohio Valley. She was purchased for the Mississippi Squadron. April 4, 1865, commissioned at Mound City, Ill.; went out of commission August 5, 1865. Description
 * Ida. Purchased, April 11, 1863, at New Orleans, La., by Admiral D. G. Farragut, from S. P. Griffin. Steam tug. Wreck sold, September 11, 1865, at Mobile, Ala., by Admiral H. K. Thatcher, to Hollingsworth &amp; Merchant, for $3,000. Blown up by a torpedo in main ship channel, near Choctaw Pass, Mobile Bay, April 13, 1865. Total repairs cost $4,048.33. The ordnance and ordnance stores were not sold. Description
 * Idaho. Built by contract with Paul S. Forbes, Brooklyn, N. Y., March, 1865. Launched, at Brooklyn, N. Y., October 8, 1864. Class: Screw steamer; sloop-of-war; wood. Sold, April, 1874, for $18,642.05. Cost of repairs from April 1, 1866, to December 31, 1872, was $160,811.15. The Idaho was rejected by Government, May 25, 1866. Description
 * Illinois. Built by Government contract with Corliss Steam Engine Co., at Portsmouth, N. H. Class: Screw steamer; sloop-of-war. Broken up. February, 1872, at Kittery Yard, Me. Description
 * Independence. Built by Government, at Boston Navy Yard, Mass. Launched at Boston, in 1814. Class Sails, razee frigate; wood. Receiving ship at Mare Island, Calif., from October 2, 1857, to 1900. In 1853, went out of commission; September 4,1854, commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Total cost of repairs from June, 1849 to December 31, 1888, was $250,216.84. Description
 * India. Purchased, November 14, 1861, at New Bedford, by George D. Morgan and R. H. Chappell. Ship. Purchased to sink. Stone Fleet. Description
 * Indianola. Built at Cincinnati, Ohio, under contract with Joseph Brown. Class: Side wheel and screw steamer; gunboat. Sold at auction, November 29, 1865, at Mound City, Ill., to John Riley, for $3,000. Seized, launced, and manned by Gen. Wallace for the protection of Cincinnati. February 13, 1863, ran past the Vicksburg batteries. In an engagement with the C. S. rams Webb and Queen of the West. and cotton-clas steamers, was captured and sunk, February 24,1863. Subsequently raised by the U. S. Navy, and taken to Mound City and sold. Description
 * Innes, see Kalmia.
 * Ino. Purchased, August 30, 1861, at Boston, Mass., by board composed of J. M. Forbes et al. Class: Sails; storeship. Sold at auction, March 19, 1867, at Boston, Mass., to Samuel G. Reed, by Horatio Harris, for $12, 500. Description
 * Ino, see Vebena.
 * Intrepid, see Fern.
 * Ion, see Grampus.
 * Iosco. Built by Government contract with Larrabee &amp; Allen, who built the hull, and Globe Works, Boston, Mass., who built the engines. Launched, March 20, 1863, at Bath, Me. Class: Side-wheel steamer; double-ender. Engines removed and hull turned over to Bureau Construction and Repair for coal hulk at New York Navy Yard, February, 1868. Delivered to Government, March 7, 1864, at Boston Navy Yard. Commissioned, April 26, 1864, at Boston, Mass.; July 28, 1865, went out of commission. Total cost of extra work, transporting her, and repairs while in naval service was $19,623.16. Description
 * Iowa, see Ammonoosuc.
 * Iris, see Shiloh.
 * Iris. Purchased, October 16, 1863, at New York, by Rear Admiral H. Paulding from C. W. Copeland. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold to Treasury Department, October 18, 1865, for Lighthouse Service by Navy Department, for $27,000. Name changed from Willet Rowe. Cost of altering her for naval service was $5,605. July 15, 1865, went out of commission. Description
 * Iron Age. Purchased, April 28, 1863, at Boston, Mass., by Commodore J. B. Montgomery. Class:Screw steamer. Grounded and destroyed near Lockwoods Folly Inlet, N. C., January 11, 1864. Commissioned at Boston, Mass., June 25,1863. Total cost of repairs while in the Government service was $17,409.71. Description
 * Ironsides, Jr. Class: Store vessel. South Atlantic Squadron. Description
 * Iroquois. Built by Government at New York Navy Yard, 1858. Launched, April 12, 1859. Class: Screw; second-class sloop of war. Transferred, 1899, to Marine Hospital Service. Commissioned, November 24, 1859, at New York Navy Yard; October 8, 1863, went out of commission; recommissioned, March 31, 1864; October 6, 1865, went out of commission; recommissioned, January 7, 1867; April 23, 1870, went out of commission; recommissioned August 23, 1871; July 23, 1873, went out of commissioin; recommissioned, April 12, 1882; March 6, 1888, went out of commission; recommissioned, June 19, 1889; May 12, 1892, went out of commission; recommissioned, December 13, 1898.
 * Isaac Smith. Purchased, September 9, 1861, at New York, from E. J. Hamilton, by George D. Morgan. Class: Swiftsure propeller steamer. Captured, January 30, 1863, in Stono River, S. C. Commissioned, October 16, 1861, at New York. Cost of repairs while in the Government service was $37,812.46.
 * Isilda. Taken into service as tender to vessels to East Gulf Squadron, 1863. Schooner. Sold in 1863 at Key West. Surprised the steamer Havana in Deadman's Bay, Fla., June 5, 1862, which was deserted and burned by her crew.
 * Island Belle. Purchased September 4, 1861, at New York, from Luther Adams, by George D. Morgan. Class: Side-wheel steamer. Burned in Appomattox River, June 28, 1862, to prevent falling into the hands of enemies. Total cost of repairing while in the Government service was $4,498.01.
 * Isonomia. Purchased July 16, 1864, at New York, from Charles S. Leary, by Admiral Gregory. Class: Side-wheel steamer. Sold at public auction July 12, 1865, at New York, to Taber &amp; Co., by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., for $63,000. Name changed from Shamrock. Commissioned August 16, 1864, at New York Navy Yard. Delivered at New York Navy Yard August 11, 1864. June 28, 1865, went out of commission. Total cost of repairs while in the naval service was $14,739.66.
 * Itasca. Built by contract with Hillman &amp; Streaker and J. P. Morris &amp; Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Launched October 1, 1861. Class: Screw steamer; gunboat; wood. Sold November 30, 1865, at New York, for $15,200. November 13, 1861, delivered at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Commissioned at Philadelphia. Pa., November 28, 1861; August 22, 1865, went out of commission.
 * Iuka. Purchased March 8, 1864, at New York, N. Y., from George Griswold by Rear Admiral Gregory. Class: Side-wheel steamer; wood. Sold at publice auction August 1, 1865, at Boston Navy Yard to Arthur Leary by Horatio Harris, for $57,000. Purchased under name of Commodore; renamed Iuka. Total cost of repairs while in the naval service was $3,309.26. May 23, 1864, commissioned at New York Navy Yard; June 22, 1865, went out of commission there.
 * Ivy. Transferred, September 30, 1862, from War Department. Class: Screw steamer. Sold at auction, August 17, 1865, at Mound City, Ill., to W. G. Priest, by Sol. A. Silver, for $5,650. Original name was Terror. Employed as a tug on Mississippi River, September 2, 1863. Cost of repairs while in naval service was $2,309.42.