USS Daisy (1850)

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USS Daisy off Mound City, Illinois, during the American Civil War. The Mound City hospital is in the background.
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NameUSS Daisy
NamesakeThe well-known flower, common in the United States and Europe.
Launched1850
Acquired1 October 1862
Commissioned24 October 1862
Decommissioned1865
FateSold, 17 August 1865 at Mound City, Illinois
General characteristics
Type Tugboat
Displacement50 long tons (51  t)
Length73 ft 4 in (22.35 m)
Beam13 ft 10 in (4.22 m)
Draft6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion Steam engine, screw-propelled
Speed10  kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)

USS Daisy was a tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy and to assist Union Navy ships requiring her towing services.

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Service history

Mulford—a steam tugboat—was built in 1850 at Chicago, Illinois, and acquired by the War Department for use in the Mississippi River and its tributaries early in the Civil War. She was transferred to the Navy on 1 October 1862 and renamed Daisy on 24 October. Daisy served actively as a tug in the upper Mississippi River until the end of the war when she was taken to Mound City, Illinois. She was sold there on 17 August 1865.

References

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