USS Rescue (1861)
USS Rescue (1861) was a small (111-ton) steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She served the navy during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as an gunship and dispatch boat. After the war’s end, Rescue continued to serve the Navy, but this time as a tugboat and as a fireboat.
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