USS Martin (1864)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Ordered | as James McMartin |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1864 |
| Acquired | 16 June 1864 |
| Commissioned | June 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 1865 |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, 10 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 25 tons |
| Length | 45 ft 3 in (13.79 m) |
| Beam | 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 6 knots |
| Complement | 9 |
| Armament | one spar torpedo |
USS Martin was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy for various tasks, including those of a torpedo boat, tugboat, and a picket boat, patrolling Confederate waterways to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
Martin, a screw tug built at Albany, New York, in 1864 was purchased by the Navy as James McMartin at New York City 16 June 1864; renamed Martin that same day; and commissioned later in the month.
Equipped as a torpedo boat, on 20 July Martin was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron for picket guard duty. On 27 July she was taken in tow along with sister tug Hoyt by screw steamer Monticello for convoy from Hampton Roads, Virginia at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, arriving 2 days later.
