Built in New York
Commodore Hull — a side-wheel ferryboat — was built at New York in 1860 (or 1861) as the civilian ferryboat Nuestra Señora del Regla, intended for use at Havana, Cuba. Purchased by the Union Navy on 1 September 1862, she was converted to a gunboat and commissioned on 27 November 1862, Acting Master W. G. Saltonstall in command.
Commodore Hull was named in honor of Commodore Isaac Hull (1773-1843), a significant U.S. Naval commander during and after the War of 1812. There were four subsequent USS Hulls, all destroyers.
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