USS Nettle (1862)

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

History
United States
Acquired	30 September 1862
In service	19 October 1862
Fate	Sank, 20 October 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	50 tons
Propulsion	steam engine side wheel-propelled

USS Nettle was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy from the Union Army during the American Civil War.

She served the Navy primarily as a tugboat on the Mississippi River.

Service history

Wonder, a side-wheel steamer, purchased by the Union Army early in the Civil War for service in the Western Flotilla, was transferred to the Navy 30 September 1862 and renamed Nettle 19 October 1862. Nettle, commanded by Acting Ens. Perry C. Wright, served as a tug on the Mississippi River above Vicksburg, Mississippi, until after the Confederate river fortress fell 4 July 1863. Then, based at Vicksburg, she continued supporting operations of the Mississippi Squadron maintaining Union lines of supply and communication along the inland waters of the Mississippi and its tributaries. She was sunk in a collision with an ironclad 20 October 1865.

See also

• Anaconda Plan

References

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