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USS Nymph

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History
Union Navy Jack United States
Orderedas Cricket No. 3
Laid downdate unknown
Launched1863
Acquired8 March 1864
Commissioned11 April 1864
Decommissioned28 June 1865
Stricken1865 (est.)
FateSold, 17 August 1865
General characteristics
Displacement171 tons
Length161 ft 2 in (49.12 m)
Beam30 ft 4 in (9.25 m)
Draught
  • depth of hold 4 ft 2 in (1.27 m)
  • draft 5 ft (1.5 m)
Propulsion
Speed4 mph
Complementnot known
Armamenteight 24-pounder smoothbore guns
Armourtinclad

USS Nymph was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a dispatch boat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.

Cricket No. 3 commissioned as Nymph

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Cricket No. 3, a stern wheel wooden river steamer built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1863, was purchased by the Navy at Cincinnati 8 March 1864, fitted out as a "tinclad" gunboat, and commissioned at Mound City, Illinois, as Nymph 11 April 1864, Acting Master Patrick Donnelly in command.

Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron

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Nymph patrolled the Mississippi River and its tributaries through the end of the Civil War, helping to maintain Union lines of supply and communication.

Post-war decommissioning and sale

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She decommissioned 2+12 miles above Cairo, Illinois, 28 June 1865 and was sold at public auction at Mound City 17 August 1865 to M. A. Hutchinson.

See also

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References

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

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