USS Calhoun (1851)
USS ''Calhoun'' was a captured Confederate steamer and blockade runner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War. ''Calhoun'' was put into service as a gunboat by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Service history left , ''Calhoun'' in merchant service, 1850s ''Calhoun'' was built in New York in 1851. Her yard name was ''Cuba'', but this was changed to ''Calhoun'' before the vessel entered service. Prior to the Civil War, the steamer was employed in merchant service along the United States East Coast. Confederate service With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, ''Calhoun'' was commissioned by the Confederate Government as a privateer on 15 May 1861; Capt. John Wilson and his 150 men. During the next five months, the vessel captured and sent in six prizes. She was then chartered by the Confederate States Navy and placed under the command of Lt. ...
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