| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | as Annie |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | date unknown |
| Acquired: | December 1864 |
| Commissioned: | 6 February 1865 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 August 1865 |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Captured: | by Union Navy forces 31 October 1864 |
| Fate: | sold, 30 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 428 tons |
| Length: | 170’ |
| Beam: | 23’ 1” |
| Draught: | depth of hold 13’ 4” |
| Propulsion: | steam engine screw-propelled |
| Speed: | not known |
| Complement: | not known |
| Armament: | not known |
USS Preston (1864) was a blockade-running steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She was placed in service on the Gulf of Mexico by the Union Navy as a gunship during blockade operations against the Confederate States of America.
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Preston, a twin screw British blockade runner named Annie, was captured off New Inlet, North Carolina, 31 October 1864 by Wilderness and Niphon; purchased by the Navy from the New York City Prize Court in December 1864; renamed Preston 2 February 1865; and commissioned 6 February 1865, Acting Volunteer Lt. J. R. Wheeler in command.
Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, Preston departed New York City 16 February and arrived at New Orleans, Louisiana, 9 March.
She operated along the Texas coast into July and on the 25th was ordered to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Decommissioned in Philadelphia 8 August 1865, she was sent to New York City in November and sold at auction on the 30th.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.