Name USS W. F. Bartlett Acquired 13 August 1861 Type Schooner | Namesake Previous name retained Fate Unknown | |
Notes Acquired for use as blockship | ||
USS W. F. Bartlett was a schooner acquired by the United States Navy in 1861.
W. L. Bartlett was a wooden-hulled Chesapeake Bay schooner acquired by the U.S. Navy on 13 August 1861 at Baltimore, Maryland. The Navy planned to use W. L. Bartlett and 21 other similar craft as blockships at entrances to inlets leading to the North Carolina sounds. The project — the U.S. Navy's first "stone fleet" venture -— ultimately failed.
No record of W. L. Bartlett's ultimate fate has been found.
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