USS Aster (1864)

USS Aster (1864)


Career (US)
Ordered: as Alice
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: date unknown
Acquired: 25 July 1864
Commissioned: 12 August 1864
Out of service: 7 October 1864
Struck: 1864 (est.)
Fate: burned to prevent capture
7 October 1864
General characteristics
Displacement: 285 tons
Length: not known
Beam: 23 ft (7.0 m)
Depth: 10 ft (3.0 m)
Depth of hold: 10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion: steam engine
screw-propelled
Speed: not known
Complement: 30
Armament: one 30-pounder Parrott rifle
two heavy 12-pounder smoothbore guns

USS Aster (1864) was a steam operated tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

On 25 July 1864 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Union Navy purchased the wooden steamer Alice from Bishop, Son, and Company. Renamed Aster, this screw tug was placed in commission on 12 August 1864, Acting Master Samuel Hall in command.

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