USS Darlington (1862)

History
United States
Name	Confederate steamship Darlington
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	date unknown
Acquired	1862
In service	1862
Out of service	1862
Stricken	1862 (est.)
Captured	by Union Forces 3 March 1862
Fate	transferred to the Union Army, September 1862
General characteristics
Displacement	300 tons
Length	not known
Beam	not known
Draught	not known
Propulsion	steam engine side-wheel propelled
Speed	not known
Complement	23
Armament	one howitzer

USS Darlington was a captured Confederate steamer 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.

Gunboat CSS Darlington.

Captured steamer converted to Union Navy use[]

Darlington, a Confederate 300 ton steamer, was captured by boats from USS Pawnee in Cumberland Sound, Florida, 3 March 1862, with a cargo of army wagons, ammunition, and camp equipment on board.

USAT Darlington.

East Coast operations[]

She was taken over and, with a crew of 23 and one howitzer as armament, USS Darlington was employed by the Union Navy for use in the waters off Fernandina, Florida, and Port Royal, South Carolina, with Acting Master J. W. Godfrey in command.

Darlington assisted the boats of the side-wheel steamer USS Ellen and the USS Wabash in raising the yacht USS America in St. Johns River, Florida, from 18 to 25 March 1862.

Transfer to the Union Army[]

She was transferred to the Union Army for use as a transport in September 1862.

See also[]

• Ships captured in the American Civil War
• Bibliography of American Civil War naval history
• List of United States Navy ships
• American Civil War
• Union Navy
• Confederate States Navy
• List of schooners

References[]

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