USS Underwriter (1852)

USS Underwriter (1852)

USS Underwriter (1852) was a 341-ton steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

Underwriter was outfitted as a gunboat, whose primary task was to prevent ships from penetrating the Union blockade of Southern ports.

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