USS Velocity (1862)

History
United States
Acquired30 September 1862
In service1862
Out of service21 January 1863
Captured
  • captured by Confederate forces,
  • 21 January 1863
General characteristics
Displacement87 tons
Propulsionsail
Armamenttwo 12-pounder howitzers

USS Velocity was a captured British schooner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War.

She was put into service by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Unfortunately for the Union Navy, she was captured, in turn, by the Confederate Navy off the Texas coast.

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