USS Verbena was a small 104-ton steamer purchased by the Union Navy towards the end of the American Civil War.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Owner |
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| Builder | Lawrence & Foulks (Brooklyn, NY) |
| Launched | 1863 |
| Christened | Ino |
| Acquired | 7 June 1864 |
| Commissioned | 11 July 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 13 June 1865 |
| Renamed |
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| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Homeport | Washington Navy Yard |
| Fate | Sold, 20 July 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Tonnage | 104 |
| Length | 74 ft (23 m) |
| Beam | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Screw propeller |
| Speed | 12 mph (19 km/h) |
| Armament |
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Verbena, outfitted with a 20-pounder Parrott rifle by the Navy, was placed in service as a gunboat and assigned to the blockade of the Confederate States of America. However, most of her service was as a tugboat and as a ship’s tender.
Service history edit
Verbena was originally Ino, a small wooden screw tugboat of 81 register tons, built at Brooklyn, New York by Lawrence & Foulks in 1863. She was purchased by the Navy at New York City on 7 June 1864 and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 11 July 1864.
On 19 July, the vessel was attached to the Potomac Flotilla for duty as a tugboat. Two days later, she deployed in the Potomac River off Point Lookout, Maryland.; and she served for most of the duration of the Civil War as a tender to the ironclad USS Roanoke.
After the collapse of the Confederacy, Verbena received orders on 5 May 1865 to proceed to the Washington Navy Yard, where she was decommissioned on 13 June.
Verbena was sold at public auction there to W. E. Gladwick on 20 July; redocumented as Game Cock on 9 September; renamed Edward G. Burgess on 7 July 1885; and dropped from the registry in 1900.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.