USS Chotank

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US flag 34 stars.svgUnited States
Orderedas Savannah
Laid downdate unknown
Launcheddate unknown
Acquired2 July 1861
Commissioned1861
Decommissioned1862
Stricken1865 (est.)
Captured
FateSold, 15 August 1865
General characteristics
Displacement53 tons
Length56 ft (17 m)
Beam17 ft (5.2 m)
Draught6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsionsail
Speedvaried
Complementnot known
Armament
  • two 9" smoothbore guns
  • one 11" gun

The USS Chotank was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy for various purposes, but especially to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

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Privateer captured and converted to Union Navy use

The privateer Savannah was captured 3 June 1861 by USS Perry. She was purchased from the New York City Prize Court on 2 July 1861 by the Navy and her name changed to Chotank.

Assigned to the Potomac Flotilla

Chotank operated as a part of the Potomac Flotilla during the year 1862.

Post-war decommissioning and sale

She was then laid up at New York Navy Yard until sold 15 August 1865.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.