USS Nettle (1862)

USS Nettle (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy from the Union Army during the American Civil War.

History
United States
Ordered: as Wonder
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: date unknown
Acquired: 30 September 1862
In service: 19 October 1862
Out of service: 20 October 1865
Stricken: 1865 (est.)
Homeport: Vicksburg, Mississippi
Fate: sank, 20 October 1865
General characteristics
Displacement: 50 tons
Length: not known
Beam: not known
Draft: not known
Propulsion:
Speed: not known
Complement: not known
Armament: not known

She served the Navy primarily as a tugboat on the Mississippi River.

Wonder transferred from the Army to the Navy as Nettle

Wonder, a side-wheel steamer, purchased by the Union Army early in the Civil War for service in the Western Flotilla, was transferred to the Navy 30 September 1862 and renamed Nettle 19 October 1862.

Service as a tugboat on the Mississippi River

Nettle, commanded by Acting Ens. Perry C. Wright, served as a tug on the Mississippi River above Vicksburg, Mississippi, until after the Confederate river fortress fell 4 July 1863.

Continued service on the Mississippi

Then, based at Vicksburg, she continued supporting operations of the Mississippi Squadron maintaining Union lines of supply and communication along the inland waters of the Mississippi and its tributaries.

Nettle sinks in a river collision

She was sunk in a collision with an ironclad 20 October 1865.

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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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