CSS Teaser had been the aging Georgetown, D.C. tugboat York River until the beginning of the American Civil War, when she was taken into the Confederate States Navy and took part in the famous Battle of Hampton Roads. Later, she was captured by the United States Navy and became the first USS Teaser.
USS Primrose (1863), a screw steamer tugboat, armed with a heavy rifled gun and a howitzer capable of dropping a 24 pound ball, was acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
USS Young America (1855) was a Confederate steamer captured by the Union Navy’s blockade vessels, and subsequently placed in-service in the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
The first USS Resolute (1860) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
USS Tulip (1862) was a 183-ton steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
USS Unit (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
USS O. M. Pettit (1857) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a tugboat to service Union Navy ships blockading ports of the Confederate States of America.
USS Cactus was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War for service with the Union blockade of the ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America.
USS Stepping Stones (1861) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the early part of the American Civil War.
USS Juniper (1864) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
USS Rose was a screw steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
USS Sweet Brier (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
USS Hydrangea (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Navy in various ways: as a tugboat, a dispatch boat, a ship's tender, and as a gunboat in waterways of the Confederate States of America.
USS Polaris, originally called the America, was an 1864-screw steamer procured by the Union Navy as USS Periwinkle during the final months of the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy's struggle against the Confederate States as a gunboat.
USS Pink (1863) was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy's struggle against the Confederate States of America in various ways: as a tugboat, a gunboat, and as a small transport.
USS Tritonia (1863) was a 202-ton steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
USS Sebago (1861) was a large steamer with very powerful guns and four howitzers, purchased by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War.
USS Sorrel (1864) was a small 68-ton steamer purchased by the Union Navy towards the end of the American Civil War.
USS Stonewall (1863) was a small 30-ton blockade-running schooner captured by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.
USS Violet was a 166-ton steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy for use during the American Civil War.
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