Acquired By The Union Navy, and Assigned To The East Gulf Blockade
Anna was condemned by the Key West, Florida, prize court and the Union Navy purchased her on 11 March 1863 for service in the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. Her name first appeared on the list of vessels composing that squadron in a report dated the 16th and bore the notation, "Tender to Dole, fitting out."
By 1 April, she had begun her active service and was stationed at Boca Grande. However, for some unknown reason, the vessel's name appeared as Annie and so it remained throughout her naval service. Almost a year later, on 8 March 1864, the squadron commanding officer, Acting Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey, explained this discrepancy to the Navy Department.
- "The tender referred to, when captured, was called Anna, but she has, by some inadvertence, been always called the Annie, since being taken into the service of the Government, and I am of the opinion that it would be more convenient to preserve the name of Annie."
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