USS Flusser (1864)

History
United States
Name	USS Flusser
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	date unknown
Acquired	1864
In service	1864
Out of service	1865
Stricken	1865 (est.)
Captured	by Union Navy forces in 1864
Fate	sold, 23 September 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	Unknown
Length	66 ft (20 m)
Beam	Unknown
Draft	Unknown
Propulsion	Sail
Speed	Varied
Complement	Unknown
Armament	None indicated

For other ships with the same name, see USS Flusser.

USS Flusser (1864) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

She was used by the Union Navy as a storeship whose duty was to supply other Union Navy ships with coal, ammunition, and other necessary provisions.

Captured Confederate schooner used as Union Navy storeship

Flusser — a 66 ft (20 m) schooner captured from the Confederates in 1864 but never libeled as a prize — was used as a coal hulk and to carry ordnance and stores to ships in the North Carolina sounds.

Flusser was sold at Washington, D.C. on 23 September 1865.

References

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