USS Preston (1864)

Annie was a twin screw British blockade runner named Annie, and was captured off New Inlet, North Carolina, 31 October 1864 by USS Wilderness and USS Niphon. She was purchased by the Navy from the New York City Prize Court in December 1864 and was renamed Preston on 2 February 1865. The ship was commissioned on 6 February 1865, Acting Volunteer Lt. J. R. Wheeler in command. Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, Preston departed New York City on 16 February and arrived at New Orleans, Louisiana on 9 March. She operated along the Texas coast into July and on the 25th was ordered to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Decommissioned in Philadelphia on 8 August 1865, she was sent to New York City in November and sold at auction on the 30th.

• Blockade runners of the American Civil War
• Blockade mail of the Confederacy

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