USS Buckthorn (1863)

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Ordered: as Signal
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: 1863
Acquired: 22 December 1863
Commissioned: 7 April 1864
Decommissioned: 1868
Struck: 1868 (est.)
Homeport: Pensacola Navy Yard
Fate: sold, 7 September 1869
General characteristics
Displacement: 128 tons
Length: 87 ft (27 m)
Beam: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Depth of hold: 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
Propulsion: steam engine
screw-propelled
Speed: 8.5 knots
Complement: not known
Armament: one 30-pounder gun
two 12-pounder smoothbores

USS Buckthorne (1863) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a fleet tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.

Commissioned at New York City

Buckthorn, a screw steamer, was built in 1863 at East Haddam, Connecticut, as Signal; purchased by the Navy 22 December 1863; and commissioned at New York City 7 April 1864, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant W. Godfrey in Command.

Assigned to the West Gulf Blockade as a tender

Buckthorn served with the West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the American Civil War and participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay (5 August 1864). She acted as a tender for the fleet and was also used as a dispatch vessel throughout her career.

Post-Civil War service

After the Civil War she served at Pensacola Navy Yard until laid up in 1868.

Decommissioning and sale

Buckthorn was sold at Pensacola, Florida, 7 September 1869.

References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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