USS Port Fire (1864)
| History | |
|---|---|
  United States | |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 8 March 1864 |
| Commissioned | 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 1865 |
| Stricken | 1878 (est.) |
| Fate | sold, January 1878 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 103 tons |
| Length | not known |
| Beam | not known |
| Draught | not known |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | not known |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament | not known |
USS Port Fire (1863) was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She served the navy fleet during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as an ammunition ship.
Built in Maine in 1864[]
Port Fire, a screw tug, built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, in 1863, was launched 8 March 1864.
Civil War service[]
She served through the Civil War as a powder tug.
Decommissioning[]
Port Fire was sold in January 1878. She was later broken up at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
See also[]
References[]
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Categories:
- Ships of the Union Navy
- Ships built in Kittery, Maine
- Steamships of the United States Navy
- Tugs of the United States Navy
- Ammunition ships of the United States Navy
- American Civil War auxiliary ships of the United States
- 1864 ships