USS Rachel Seaman (1861)
USS Rachel Seaman was a wooden schooner purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
Rachel Seaman was armed as a gunboat and assigned to the Union blockade of the ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America. She also served as a storeship as the war came to an end.
Read more about USS Rachel Seaman (1861): Purchased in Philadelphia in 1861, Blockade Operations, Captured Prizes, Decommissioning, See Also
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