USS Albemarle (1863)

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History
United States
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	date unknown
Acquired	9 May 1863
In service	circa February 1863
Out of service	circa July 1865
Stricken	1865 (est.)
Captured	by Union Navy forces 26 March 1862
Fate	Sold, 19 October 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	200 tons
Length	85 ft (26 m)
Beam	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Depth of hold	7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
Propulsion	schooner sail
Speed	varied
Complement	not known
Armament	not known

USS Albemarle was a screw steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a ship's tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.

Albemarle and Lion seized by Union Navy forces

On the morning of 26 March 1862, sidewheel

Two armed boats from the Union warship took possession of the Southern vessels, towed them down stream, and anchored them at the mouth of the creek. Early the next morning, Delaware received on board several families who professed loyalty to the Union and asked for protection. Later that day, the gunboat and its prizes then proceeded to New Bern, North Carolina.

Assigned as a store ship for Union Navy blockade ships

Little information of the prizes' movements during ensuing months seems to have survived, but Albemarle apparently remained in the

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