Civil War Union Ships U through Z

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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 U

 * Umbqua.Built by contract with Snowden &amp; Mason, Pittsburgh, Pa. Light-draft monitor. Sold at auction, September 12, 1874, at New Orleans, La., to Nathaniel McKay, for $8,900. June 15, 1869, name changed from Umpqua to Fury; August 10, 1869, renamed the Umpqua. She was commenced in 1863 and finished in September, 1866. Description
 * Unadilla. Hull built by contract with J. Englis and Novelty Iron Works, New York, N. Y. Class: Screw steamer; gunboat; wood. Sold October, 1869. Commissioned September 30, 1861, at New York Navy Yard, where she went out of commission May 4, 1865. Total cost of repairs while in naval service was $19,883.73. Description
 * Uncas. Purchased September 20, 1861, at New York, N. Y., by George D. Morgan, from Dudley Buck. Screw steamer. Sold at public auction August 21, 1863, at New York, for $6,900. Total cost of repairs on her while in the Government service was $26,032.01. Description
 * Underwriter. Purchased August 23, 1861, at New York, N. Y., by Navy Department. Side-wheel steamer. Captured and destroyed by Confederates February 2, 1864, on Neuse River, North Carolina. Total cost of repairs while in the Government service was $47, 294.12. Description
 * Undine. Purchased March 7, 1864, at Cincinnati, by Rear Admiral D. D. Porter. Captured by Confererates October 30, and burned November 4, 1864, on the Tennessee River, on the west shore, 1 mile above Reynoldsburg Island. After she was burned her two boilers were taken to the Naval Station, Mound City. All articles of value were recovered from her by Acting Volunteer Lieutenant G. W. Rogers, of the U. S. S. Kate, in August 1865. Purchased under name of Ben Gaylord. Description
 * Unit. Purchased, June 2, 1864, at Boston, Mass., by Rear Admiral S. H. Stringham. Class: Screw steamer. Sold at public auction, July 12, 1865, at New York, N. Y., by Burdett, Jones &amp; Co. to C. &amp; E. T. Peters, for $6,750. Purchased under name of Union. June 30, 1865, repairs at Norfolk, Va., cost $4,727.11. About six months old, June 1, 1864. Number of officers, 2; men 10; no condenser. Can carry 30 days' provisionts. Steer passably well. Description
 * United States, see  New Berne.
 * United States. Built by Treasury and War Departments, at Philadelphia, Pa. Launched, May 10, 1797; completed in 1798. Class: Sailing Frigate; wood. Ordered to be docked at Norfolk Navy Yard, December 18, 1865, and broken up immediately. This frigate was constructed under act of Congress of 1794, March 27. Dimensions were fixed by John Barry, Richard Dale, and Thomas Truxtun. The draughts and molds were made by Joshua Humphreys. The bottom was coppered and she was copper-fastened. Desrciption
 * Union, see Unit.
 * Union. Purchased, January 6, 1863, at New York, N. Y., by Rear Admiral Paulding, from P. Hargous &amp; Co. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold at public auction, October 25, 1865, at New York, by Burdett Jones &amp; Co. to W. H. Staruck for $39,500. Description