USS Lilian (1863)
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| History | |
|---|---|
  United States | |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1863 |
| Acquired | 6 September 1864 |
| Commissioned | 6 October 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 5 April 1865 |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Captured |
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| Fate | Sold, 30 November 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 630 tons |
| Length | 225 ft 6 in (68.73 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14 knots |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament |
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| Armour | iron |
USS Lilian was a large steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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Lilian, an iron wide-wheel steamer built on the Clyde River, Scotland, in 1863, was captured some 100 miles east of Cape Fear, North Carolina, 24 August 1864 by USS Keystone State and other Union ships. Among the prisoners were five Wilmington, North Carolina, pilots being carried to Bermuda to guide Confederate ships through the blockade. Purchased by the Navy from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Prize Court 6 September 1864, she was commissioned 6 October at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Acting Volunteer Lt. T. A. Harris in command.
