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