Civil War Union Ships C through D

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

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 C
''Cambridge. ''Purchased at Boston, Mass., July 30, 1861, by board composed of J. M. Forbes et al. Class: Screw steamer; white oak. Sold at auction at Philadelphia, June 20, 1865, by Samuel C. Cook, for $17,500. August 29, 1861, went into commission, Navy Yard, Boston. Description
 * C. P. Williams. Purchased at New York, September 2, 1861, from Job Fallenburgh, by George D. Morgan. Class: Sails; wood. Sold at public auction, August 10, 1865, at Philadelphia, by Samuel C. Cook, for $7,100. Fitted for naval service by W. H. Webb. Total cost of repairs while in the Government service was $25,783.76. Commissioned, January 21, 1862; went out of commission, June 27, 1865, at Philadelphia. Description
 * C. Vanderbilt, see Lupin.
 * Cactus.  Purchased, December 9, 1863, of Palmer Geary and H. H. Geary. Class: Side-wheel steamer; wood, coppered. Ordered, June 20, 1865, to be turned over to the Light House Board, for $10,000. Name changed from Polar Star. Description
 * Cairo. Built at St. Louis, Mo., under contract, by James B. Eads &amp; Co. Class: Steamer; gunboat; wood. She sunk within less than five minuted after being struck by a torpedo, 18 miles up the Yazoo River, December 12, 1862. Sunk 4 or 5 miles below Haynes' Bluff. Description
 * Calhoun. Purchased, November 28, 1862, from Philadelphia prize court by Navy Department. Class: Side-wheel steamer. Transferred to Quartermaster's Department, June 1864. Sold at New Orleans for $14,500. Captured off S. W. Pass, Mississippi River, January 23, 1862, by U. S. S. Colorado and tenders and turned over to Flag Officer D. G. Farragut for general service, March 19, 1862. Operated in West Gulf Squadron. Description
 * Caledonia, see Mohawk.
 * Calypso. Purchased, October 12, 1863, by Navy Department from Philadelphia prize court. Class: Screw steamer; iron. Sold at public auction at New York, N. Y., November 30, 1865, to Woodruff &amp; Bro., for $25,000, by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co. Captured, June 11, 1863, by U. S. S. Florida, off Wilmington, N. C. Total cost of repairs while in the naval service was $37,500.88.Description
 * Camanche. Built by contract with Donahue, Ryan &amp; Secor. Launched at San Francisco, Calif., November 14, 1864. Class: Single-turret, ironclad monitor; wood and iron. Sold, February 15, 1899, to J. P. Bercovich &amp; Livingston, of Oakland, Calif., for $6,581.25. Built in New York and shipped in pieces to San Francisco by the U. S. S. Aquilla, which sunk in the harbor of the latter. On being raised the materials were removed and the Camanche completed. Commissioned, May 24, 1865. Description
 * Cambria. Purchased, August 13, 1861, by Captain H. S. Stellwagen, at Baltimore, Md. Class: Sails Purchased to sink. Description
 * Cambridge, see Pushmataha.