USS Chatham (1836)

History
United States
Name:	USS Chatham
Laid down:	date unknown
Launched:	1836
Commissioned:	22 June 1864
Decommissioned:	April 1865
Stricken:	1865 (est.)
Homeport:	Port Royal, South Carolina
Captured:	by Union Navy forces; 16 December 1863;
Fate:	sold, 2 September 1865
General characteristics
Type:	Steamer
Displacement:	198 long tons (201 t)
Length:	120 ft (37 m)
Beam:	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft:	7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
Propulsion:	steam engine; side wheel-propelled;
Speed:	Unknown
Complement:	Unknown
Armament:	Unknown
Armor:	Iron

USS Chatham was a Confederate side-wheel steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a harbor ship, used to transport military personnel, dispatches, and supplies to and from ships anchored in the harbor.

Confederate service

Chatham — an iron side-wheel steamer — was built in 1836 by John Laird, Birkenhead, England for export to Savannah, Georgia, knocked-down. Assembled in Savannah, she was used as a river steamer until the Civil War when she became a blockade runner. She was captured by USS Huron while attempting to run the blockade on 16 December 1863.

Union service

Chatham was turned over to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and commissioned on 22 June 1864, Master E. L. Smith in command.

Assigned as harbor ship at Port Royal, South Carolina, Chatham transported men and supplies in the harbor throughout the remainder of the war, providing support to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron as it carried out its mission of cutting the Confederacy off from overseas sources of supply.

Chatham was decommissioned in April 1865 and sold on 2 September.

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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