USS Don
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Don |
| Acquired | 21 April 1864 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 18 May 1868 |
| Captured | captured by the Union Navy, 4 March 1862 |
| Fate | Sold, 29 August 1868 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Displacement | 390 long tons (400 t) |
| Length | 162 ft (49 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Complement | 94 |
| Armament |
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USS Don was a captured British steam-operated cargo ship acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War.
She was put into service by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
Service history
The British
North Atlantic Blockade Squadron to cruise on the coasts of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and in the West Indies
. She returned to New York on 11 May 1868, was decommissioned there on 18 May 1868, and sold on 29 August.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.