USS Susan Ann Howard
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Susan Ann Howard |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | date unknown |
Acquired | 19 May 1863 |
In service | circa 5 June 1864 |
Out of service | circa 30 August 1864 |
Stricken | 1864 (est.) |
Fate | sold, 15 September 1864 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | Unknown |
Length | 50 ft (15 m) |
Beam | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
Draft | Unknown |
Depth of hold | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Propulsion | schooner sail |
Speed | Unknown |
Complement | Unknown |
Armament | Unknown |
USS Susan Ann Howard (1863) was a schooner requisitioned from the prize court by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.
Susan Ann Howard was used by the Union Navy for a number of minor roles: storeship, ammunition ship, and collier. She did not remain in service long.
Civil War service
Few facts exist concerning Susan Ann Howard, a center-board schooner purchased by the Union Navy from the New York City Prize Court on 19 May 1863. Usually referred to as Susan A. Howard, the ship was listed on 5 June 1864 as one of a group of schooners serving on the sounds of North Carolina, presumably at New Bern, North Carolina, as ordnance and store vessels. On 7 July, she was at New Bern serving as an ordnance boat. On 7 September, she was listed as a hulk and serving as a coal schooner.
Post-war decommissioning
On 30 August, the schooner was ordered to Washington, D.C.; and Susan Ann Howard was sold at the Washington Navy Yard on 15 September to H. F. Hammil.
See also
- Blockade runners of the American Civil War
- Blockade mail of the Confederacy
- United States Navy
- List of United States Navy ships
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.