Civil War Union Ships S through T

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

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 Sa to Si

 * Sabine. Built by Government at New York Navy Yard; launched, February 3, 1855. Class: Sailing frigate. Sold September 23, 1883, at Portsmouth, N. H., to J. L. Snow, Rockland, Me., for $11,100. Out of commission, Jly 8, 1861, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, N. H.; recommissioned, August 30, 1861. Ordered, October 28, 1862, to cruise in search of theAlabama. August 19,1864, ordered to be fitted as a practice schoolship for naval apprentices and landsmen. Description
 * Sachem. Purchased, September 20, 1861, at New York, N. Y., by George D. Morgan, form Dudley Buck. Screw steamer. Surrendered, September 8, 1863, at Sabine Pass, by Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Amos Johnson. Total cost of repairs while in the Government service was $22,313.04. Description
 * Saco. Hull built at Boston Navy Yard; machinery by contract with Corliss Steam Engine Company, Providence, R. I. Launched at the former place, August 28, 1863. Class: Screw steamer; gunboat; wood. Sold, November 20, 1863, to William E. Mighell, San Francisco, Calif., for $6,850. Commissioned, July 11, 1864, at Boston Navy Yard; went out of commission, January 27, 1865, at Washington Navy Yard. Total cost of repairs while in the naval service was $173,083.44. Description
 * Sacramento. Hull built by Government at Portsmouth Navy Yard; machinery by Taunton Locomotive Works, Taunton, Mass. Launched at the former place, April 28, 1862. Class: Screw steamer; sloop; wood. Totally wrecked, June 19, 1867, on the shoal off the mouth of the Kothapali, a brance of the Godavery River, Madras District, Lat. 16 degrees 53' N., Long. 82 degrees 23' E. Commissioned, January 7, 1863, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, for special service. August 21, 1865, went out of commission. Total cost of repairs was $363.67. Description
 * Saffron. Purchased, December 8, 1864, at Perth Amboy, N. J., by Admiral D. D. Porter. Class: Screw steamer. Sold at public auction, October 25, 1865, at New York, to D. Townsend by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co., for $7,500. Name changed to Saffron from J.  T. Jenkins, under which she was purchased. Cost of repairs at Norfolk, June 30, 1865, was $637. 18. Strongly built. Description
 * Sagamore. Built by contract with A. &amp; G. T. Sampson and Atlantic Works, Boston, Mass., at East Boston, Mass.; turned over to authorities at Charlestown Navy Yard, November 1, 1861, Launched September 1, 1861, at East Boston, Mass.  Class: Screw steamer; gunboat; wood. Sold June 13, 1865, at New York, for $12,300. December 7, 1861, commissioned at Boston Navy Yard; went out of commission December 1, 1864, at Philadelphia, Pa.; recommissioned March 15, 1865. Total cost of repairs while in the naval service was $17,099.97. Description
 * Saginaw. Hull built at Mare Island Navy Yard by the Government; machinery by Peter Donahue, San Francisco, Cal. Launched March 3, 1859, at the former place. Commenced in July, 1858, and completed in March 1860. Class: Side-wheel steamer; 3d class; laurel wood. Wrecked at 3 am. October 29, 1870, on Ocean Island Reef. January 3, 1862, out of commission at Hong Kong, China; recommissioned March 23, 1863, at Mare Island, Calif. There is no record of the manner in which the Saginaw got home. Description
 * St. Clair. Purchased August 13, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo., by Commodore J. B. Hull, from R. D. Cochran, Robert Finney, C. A. Dravo, Jane and Mary A. Nimick, Allegheny County, Pa. Class: Stern-wheel steamer; wood. Sold at public auction August 17, 1865, at Mound City, Ill., to J. H. Stearn, by Solomon A. Silver, for $9,000. Commissioned September 24, 1862, at Carondelet, Mo.; went out of commission July 12, 1865, at Mound City, Ill. She was purchased for Commodore Davis's fleet, to be used on Ohio and Tennessee Rivers. Total cost of repairs while in the Government service was $7,554.53. Description
 * St. Charles, see''Paw Paw.