USS Sam Houston (1861)
See also USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609).
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | date unknown |
| Commissioned: | circa October 1862 |
| Decommissioned: | circa March 1866 |
| Struck: | 1866 (est.) |
| Captured: | captured by Union Navy forces 7 July 1861 |
| Fate: | sold, 25 April 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 66 tons |
| Length: | not known |
| Beam: | not known |
| Draught: | not known |
| Propulsion: | schooner sail |
| Speed: | not known |
| Complement: | 15 |
| Armament: | one heavy 12-pounder smoothbore cannon |
USS Sam Houston (1861) was a small (66-ton) schooner captured by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War.
She served the Union Navy during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as a ship’s tender, pilot boat, and dispatch boat, but also as a gunboat when the occasion presented itself.
Read more about USS Sam Houston (1861): Service in The Confederacy, Capture By The Union Navy, Post-war Service and Disposal
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