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USS Preston (1865)

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Name
  
USS Preston

Launched
  
date unknown

Out of service
  
1865

Length
  
49 m

Laid down
  
date unknown

In service
  
1865

Struck
  
1868 (est.)

USS Preston (1865) was a blockade-running steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

Contents

She was placed in service in Port Royal, South Carolina, by the Union Navy as a gunboat during blockade operations against the Confederate States of America.

Captured by the Union Navy

Preston, a “cigar shaped steamer” used to transport cotton, was captured in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina in February 1865.

Civil War service

Renamed Preston and operated under the command of Acting Ensign William Thomas, she was assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and stationed at Port Royal, South Carolina until August 1865.

Decommissioning

Then ordered north, she arrived at Washington, D.C. on 21 August and was placed in ordinary. She was sold at auction on 17 September 1868.

References

USS Preston (1865) Wikipedia