USS Rodolph (1863)

USS Rodolph (1863)

USS Rodolph (1863) was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

She served the Union Navy during her struggle against the Confederate States of America both as a tugboat and a minesweeper, as well as a gunboat when the occasion demanded.

Unfortunately for Rodolph, just as the war was ending, she struck a mine and sank, with four of her crew killed and a number of others wounded.