Laid down date unknown Decommissioned 1865 Fate sold, January 1878 Launched 8 March 1864 | Commissioned 1864 Struck 1878 (est.) Displacement 103 tons Weight 104.7 tons | |
USS Port Fire (1863) was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
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She served the navy fleet during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as an ammunition ship.
Built in Maine in 1864
Port Fire, a screw tug, built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, in 1863, was launched 8 March 1864.
Civil War service
She served through the Civil War as a powder tug.
Decommissioning
Port Fire was sold in January 1878. She was later broken up at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
References
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