Civil War Union Ships A through B

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

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.

Ships

 * Abeona, December 21, 1864 to August 17, 1865. Class: Side-wheel steamer. Description.


 * Abraham, purchased from U.S. Army and sold September 30, 1865. Class: Side-wheel steamer. Name changed to Victoria on transfer to Mississippi Squadron. Description.


 * Acacia, October 28, 1863 to May 12, 1865. Class: Screw steamer. Name changed from Vicksburg when purchased. Description.


 * A. Childs, see Childs.


 * A. C. Powell, see Watch.


 * A. Collier, see Collier.


 * A. O. Tyler, see Tyler.


 * Addie Douglass, see Poppy.


 * Adela, purchased from prize court, Key West, by Navy Department. Class: Side-wheel steamer. Sold at New York, November 30, 1865. Was a blockade runner; captured July 7, 1862 in the Bahamas by Quaker City and Huntsville. Description.


 * A. De Groot, see Snowdrop.


 * Adirondack, built by Government in 1862. Launched at New York, February 22, 1862. Class: Screw steamer; sloop; wood. Wrecked, August 23, 1862, N.W. Point Little Bahama Bank, Abaco, Bahama Islands, Man of War City. Description.


 * Admiral, see Fort Morgan.


 * Advance, see Frolic.


 * Adolph Hugel, purchased at Philadelphia, September 21, 1861. Class: Sails; wood. Sold at public auction at Washington, July 20, 1865. Present at bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana, April 18-24. Attacked Vicksburg batteries June 26-28, 1862. On duty in Potomac River, October 31, 1862. Went out of commission June 17, 1865. Description.
 * Advocate, purchased by Navy Department from New York prize court, May 19,1863 Disposition --sunk as an obstruction in Petit Bois Channel, Ala. Paid for, but never taken or used for naval purposes

Aetna, see Nausett


 * Agamenticus, see Terror


 * Agawam, purchased from contractors at Portland, ME. Launched, April 21, 1863. Description. Class: Couble-ender:side-wheels; wood. Sold, October 10, 1867, to James Power, at Norfolk, Va, Commissioned, March 9, 1864; opersted in James River, Va., engaging Confederate batteries, July 14, to August 1864, Went out of commission at Norfolk, Va., March 31, 1867.


 * A.Holly, Purchased at Baltimore by Captain H.S. Stellwagen, August 13, 1861. Schooner. Purchased to sink.


 * A. Houghton, Purchased, October 12, 1861, at New York, from H. A. Brightman by G. D. Morgan. Class: Sails;  wood.  Sold at auction by Samuel C. Cook, August 10, 1865, at Philadelphia.  Incorrectly mentioned as Houghton and Van Houghton.  Commissioned, February 19, 1862 at New York Navy Yard.   Went out of commisiion at New York, October 13, 1862; recommissioned, December 3, 1862; sent by the department, October 10, 1863, to South Atlantic Squadron, for use as a storeship and later as a health ship.  Went out of commission, June 3, 1865, at Philadelphia.


 * A.J. View, Purchased from New York prize court, July 28, 1863. Class; sails. Used as a coal hulk. Caprtured in Mississippi Sound, November 22, 1861, loaded with turpentine and tar, by U.S. steamers New London and R. R. Cuyler

''Ai. Fitch'', see Rose


 * Ajax, see Carnation


 * Ajax, see Manayunk


 * Alabama, Purchased, August 1, 1861, at New York, by G. D. Morgan from S. L. Mitchell &amp; Co. Class; Side-wheel steamer; wood. Sold, August 10, 1865, at auctiojn by Samuel C. Cook, at Philadelphia. Built in 1851, at New York, September 30, 1861, commissioned at New York Navy Yard; October 15, 1862, went out of commission; May 17, 1864, commissioned for duty in North Atlanntic Blockading Squadron; July 14, 1865, went out of commission at Philadelphia.


 * Alabama, see New Hampshire


 * Alabama, see Fox


 * Albany, Built by government at Portsmouth Navy Yard, N. H., where launched, december 3, 1864 Class: Screw steamer; sloop. Sold at New York, December 12, 1872, to D. W. Richards. Name changed from Contoocook to Albany, May 15, 1869, Commissioned, March 14, 1868, at Portsmouth, N. H.