Cargo ship of the United States Navy
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History |
United States |
Name | USS Flusser |
Acquired | 1864 |
In service | 1864 |
Out of service | 1865 |
Captured | by Union Navy forces in 1864 |
Fate | sold, 23 September 1865 |
General characteristics |
Length | 66 ft (20 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
USS Flusser was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She was used by the Union Navy as a storeship whose duty was to supply other Union Navy ships with coal, ammunition, and other necessary provisions.
Service history
Flusser—a 66 ft (20 m) schooner captured from the Confederates in 1864 but never libeled as a prize—was used as a coal hulk and to carry ordnance and stores to ships in the North Carolina sounds. Flusser was sold at Washington, D.C. on 23 September 1865.
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