USS New England (1861)
The first USS New England was a whaler purchased by the Union Navy at New London, Connecticut, on 21 November 1861.
New England was used in the "Stone Fleet" as an obstruction at Moffit Channel, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, on 25 January 1862.
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“Casting me adrift, 3500 miles from a port of call. You’re sending me to my doom, eh? Well, you’re wrong, Christian! I’ll take this boat as she floats to England if I must. I’ll live to see you—all of you—hanging from the highest yardarms in the British fleet.”
—Talbot Jennings (1896–1985)