USS Potomac (1861)

See USS Potomac for other ships of this name.

The second USS Potomac was an old whaler, purchased 1 November 1861. She was a part of the "Stone Fleet", a group of ships used to block the entrances to Confederate harbors, and was sunk for this purpose 9 January 1862.

See also

• Union Blockade

References

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