USS Arethusa (1864)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Arethusa |
| Ordered: | as Wabask |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 1864 |
| Acquired: | 1 July 1864 |
| Commissioned: | 29 July 1864 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 January 1866 |
| Struck: | 1866 (est.) |
| Homeport: | Port Royal, South Carolina |
| Fate: | sold, January 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Collier |
| Displacement: | 195 long tons (198 t) |
| Length: | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Propulsion: | steam engine screw-propelled |
| Sail plan: | Unknown |
| Speed: | Unknown |
| Complement: | 32 |
| Armament: | 1 × 20-pounder Dahlgren rifle 2 × two heavy 12-pounder smoothbore guns |
USS Arethusa (1864) was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a collier in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Read more about USS Arethusa (1864): Commissioned in Philadelphia in 1864, Assigned To The South Atlantic Blockade, Post-war Operations, Post-war Decommissioning and Sale