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.