USS Verbena (1864)
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | as Ino |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | in 1864, Brooklyn, New York |
| Acquired: | 7 June 1864, at New York City |
| Commissioned: | on 11 July 1864 at the New York Navy Yard |
| Decommissioned: | on 13 June 1865 at the Washington Navy Yard |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Homeport: | Washington Navy Yard |
| Fate: | sold, 20 July 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 104 tons |
| Length: | 74' |
| Beam: | 17' 6" |
| Draught: | 8' |
| Propulsion: | steam engine screw-propelled |
| Speed: | 12 MPH |
| Complement: | not known |
| Armament: | one 20-pounder Parrott rifle one 12-pounder smoothbore |
USS Verbena (1864) was a small 104-ton steamer purchased by the Union Navy towards the end of the American Civil War.
Verbena, outfitted with a 20-pounder Parrott rifle by the Navy, was placed in service as a gunboat and assigned to the blockade of the Confederate States of America. However, most of her service was as a tugboat and as a ship’s tender.
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[edit] Commissioned in New York City in 1864
Verbena -- originally the wooden steamer Ino built at Brooklyn, New York, in 1864 -- was purchased by the Navy at New York City on 7 June 1864 and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 11 July 1864.
[edit] Civil War operations
On 19 July, the vessel was attached to the Potomac Flotilla for duty as a tugboat. Two days later, she deployed in the Potomac River off Point Lookout, Maryland.; and she served for most of the duration of the Civil War as a tender to the ironclad Roanoke.
[edit] Post-war decommissioning
After the collapse of the Confederacy, Verbena received orders on 5 May 1865 to proceed to the Washington Navy Yard, where she was decommissioned on 13 June.
[edit] Commercial service
Verbena was sold at public auction there to W. E. Gladwick on 20 July; redocumented as Game Cock on 9 September; renamed Edward G. Burgess on 7 July 1885; and dropped from the registry in 1900.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
