USS Matthew Vassar (1861)
USS Matthew Vassar (1861) was a schooner purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy primarily as a mortar gunboat, but also as a gunboat stationed off Confederate ports to prevent their trading with foreign countries.
Matthew Vassar, a wooden, centerboard schooner was purchased by the Navy at New York City 9 September 1861; fitted out as a mortar schooner at New York Navy Yard; and commissioned 25 January 1862, Acting Master Hugh H. Savage in command.
Read more about USS Matthew Vassar (1861): Assigned As A Mortar Ship For Duty in The Mississippi River, Assaulting Forts St. Philip and Jackson On The Mississippi, Assaulting Mobile, Alabama, Assigned Blockade Duty On The U.S. East Coast, Reassigned To The East Gulf Blockade, Post-war Decommissioning and Sale
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