Laid down date unknown In service 1864 Struck 1865 (est.) | Launched date unknown Out of service 1865 Weight 12.2 tons | |
Captured by Union Navy forces9 February 1864 | ||
USS Swift (1864) was a small 12-ton schooner captured by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.
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Swift was used by the Union Navy as a ship’s tender, serving ships at Tybee Island, Georgia, and at Port Royal, South Carolina.
Civil War service
Swift was a small schooner captured by USS Patapsco on 9 February 1864 in Wassau Sound, Georgia. No record has been found of any filing of libel papers against the schooner, but she was taken into the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. The vessel served at Tybee Island, Georgia, and at Port Royal, South Carolina, as a ship's tender.
Post-war decommissioning
Swift was sold at public auction there on 8 August 1865.
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