USS ''Queen'' was a
steamer captured by the
Union Navy during the
American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a supply ship.
Capture of a British steamer, conversion to Union Navy supply ship
On 21 June 1863, Union side wheel steamer captured blockade running British steamer ''Victory'' off
Palmetto Point
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,
Eleuthera Island
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after a long chase. The prize had slipped out of
Wilmington, North Carolina, laden with
cotton,
tobacco and
turpentine and was sent to
Boston, Massachusetts, where she was condemned by the Boston
Prize Court. Renamed ''Queen'' 1 August 1863, she was purchased by the Navy 29 September 1863, and commissioned 15 August 1863, Acting Master Robert Tarr in command.
Supporting the Union Navy ships and bases of the Gulf Coast blockade
Fitted out as a transport and supply ship, ''Queen'' departed Boston 4 December for
New Orleans, Louisiana, where she arrived 9 January 1864. For the remainder of the war, she operated between northern ports and the gulf, stopping frequently en route to serve Union ships and bases along the Confederate coast.
End-of-war decommissioning and sale
After the war ended, ''Queen'' decommissioned at
New York Navy Yard
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21 June 1865 and was sold at
New York City 16 October 1865 to Smith and Dunning.
See also
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Union Blockade
References
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Ships of the Union Navy
Steamships of the United States Navy
American Civil War auxiliary ships of the United States
Stores ships of the United States Navy
1860 ships