USS Nettle (1862)

History
United States
Ordered	as Wonder
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	date unknown
Acquired	30 September 1862
In service	19 October 1862
Out of service	20 October 1865
Stricken	1865 (est.)
Homeport	Vicksburg, Mississippi
Fate	sank, 20 October 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	50 tons
Length	not known
Beam	not known
Draft	not known
Propulsion	steam engine side wheel-propelled
Speed	not known
Complement	not known
Armament	not known

USS Nettle (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy from the Union Army during the American Civil War.

She served the Navy primarily as a tugboat on the Mississippi River.

Wonder transferred from the Army to the Navy as Nettle[]

Wonder, a side-wheel steamer, purchased by the Union Army early in the Civil War for service in the Western Flotilla, was transferred to the Navy 30 September 1862 and renamed Nettle 19 October 1862.

Service as a tugboat on the Mississippi River[]

Nettle, commanded by Acting Ens. Perry C. Wright, served as a tug on the Mississippi River above Vicksburg, Mississippi, until after the Confederate river fortress fell 4 July 1863.

Continued service on the Mississippi[]

Then, based at Vicksburg, she continued supporting operations of the Mississippi Squadron maintaining Union lines of supply and communication along the inland waters of the Mississippi and its tributaries.

Nettle sinks in a river collision[]

She was sunk in a collision with an ironclad 20 October 1865.

See also[]

• Anaconda Plan
• United States Navy
• List of United States Navy ships

References[]

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