USS Arethusa (1864)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Arethusa |
| Ordered | as Wabask |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1864 |
| Acquired | 1 July 1864 |
| Commissioned | 29 July 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 3 January 1866 |
| Stricken | 1866 (est.) |
| Homeport | Port Royal, South Carolina |
| Fate | Sold, January 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Collier |
| Displacement | 195 long tons (198 t) |
| Length | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Unknown |
| Speed | Unknown |
| Complement | 32 |
| Armament |
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USS Arethusa was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a collier in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Arethusa – a small screw steamer built in 1864 at Philadelphia as Wabask – was purchased there by the Navy from Messrs. S. and J. M. Flanagan on 1 July 1864; and was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 29 July 1864.
Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockade
Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Arethusa arrived at Port Royal, South Carolina on 6 August 1864 and served as a collier there through the end of the Civil War, supporting the Union warships which were becoming ever more efficient in then-efforts to enforce the blockade of the Southern coast.
