USS Port Fire (1864)

USS Port Fire (1863) was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

History
United States
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: 8 March 1864
Commissioned: 1864
Decommissioned: 1865
Stricken: 1878 (est.)
Fate: sold, January 1878
General characteristics
Displacement: 103 tons
Length: not known
Beam: not known
Draught: not known
Propulsion:
Speed: not known
Complement: not known
Armament: not known

She served the navy fleet during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as an ammunition ship.

Built in Maine in 1864

Port Fire, a screw tug, built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, in 1863, was launched 8 March 1864.

Civil War service

She served through the Civil War as a powder tug.

Decommissioning

Port Fire was sold in January 1878. She was later broken up at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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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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