USS Port Fire

USS Port Fire was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

History
United States
Launched	8 March 1864
Commissioned	1864
Decommissioned	1865
Fate	Sold, January 1878
General characteristics
Displacement	103 tons
Propulsion	steam engine screw-propelled

She served the navy fleet during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as an ammunition ship.

Service history

Port Fire, a screw tug, built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, in 1863, was launched 8 March 1864. She served through the Civil War as a powder tug. Port Fire was sold in January 1878. She was later broken up at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

References

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