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'''USS ''Delta'' (1864)''' was a [[steamship]] used by the [[Union Navy]] during the [[American Civil War]]. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
'''USS ''Delta''''' was a [[steamship]] used by the [[Union Navy]] during the [[American Civil War]]. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] to prevent the South from trading with other countries.


== Service as a tugboat during the American Civil War ==
==Service history==
''Delta'' a steam [[tugboat]] was purchased as '''''Linda''''' at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], 3 June 1864, and renamed ''Delta'' on 27 November. She was also known as '''''Tug No. 4'''''. ''Delta'' was sent to [[Hampton Roads, Virginia]], to be fitted as a [[torpedo]] (mine) tug, and operated in the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]] until 28 March 1865. She was transferred to the [[Sound (geography)|sounds]] of [[North Carolina]] for duty, and for a short time in April 1865 was placed at the disposal of the [[Union Army]] with four other torpedo tugs. ''Delta'' was sent to [[New York City|New York]] at the close of the war and sold there on 5 September.

''Delta'', a steam [[tugboat]], was purchased as ''Linda'' at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], [[3 June]] [[1864]], and renamed ''Delta'', [[27 November]]. She was also known as ''Tug No. 4''. ''Delta'' was sent to [[Hampton Roads, Virginia]], to be fitted as a [[torpedo]] (mine) tug, and operated in the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]] under the command of Acting Master's Mate W. F. Gragg until [[28 March]] [[1865]].

She was transferred to the [[Sound (geography)|sounds]] of [[North Carolina]] for duty, and for a short time in April [[1865]] was placed at the disposal of the [[Union Army]] with four other torpedo tugs.

== Post-war decommissioning and sale ==

''Delta'' was sent to [[New York]] at the close of the war and sold there [[5 September]] [[1865]].

== References ==
{{DANFS}}

== See also ==

* [[United States Navy]]
* [[American Civil War]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d3/delta-i.htm USS Delta]


==References==
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/delta-i.html}}


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[[Category:Ships of the Union Navy]]

[[Category:Steamships of the United States Navy]]

[[Category:Union Navy ships]]
[[Category:Tugs of the United States Navy]]
[[Category:United States Navy steamships]]
[[Category:Torpedo boats of the United States Navy]]
[[Category:United States Navy tugs]]
[[Category:American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States]]
[[Category:United States Navy torpedo boats]]
[[Category:Civil War patrol vessels of the United States]]

Latest revision as of 10:55, 18 November 2022

History
United States
NameUSS Delta
Acquired3 June 1864
In service1864
Out of service1865
FateSold, 5 September 1865
General characteristics
TypeTugboat
Displacement50 long tons (51 t)
Length66 ft (20 m)
Beam14 ft (4.3 m)
Draft7 ft 8 in (2.34 m)
Depth of hold6 ft (1.8 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speedkn (10 mph; 17 km/h)
Armament1 × spar torpedo

USS Delta was a steamship used 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.

Service history

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Delta — a steam tugboat — was purchased as Linda at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 3 June 1864, and renamed Delta on 27 November. She was also known as Tug No. 4. Delta was sent to Hampton Roads, Virginia, to be fitted as a torpedo (mine) tug, and operated in the James River until 28 March 1865. She was transferred to the sounds of North Carolina for duty, and for a short time in April 1865 was placed at the disposal of the Union Army with four other torpedo tugs. Delta was sent to New York at the close of the war and sold there on 5 September.

References

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