USS Stephen Young
USS Stephen Young was one of the ships of the Stone Fleet, sunk in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina to be used as a blockade during the American Civil War.
The 200-ton merchant brig was purchased by the Union Navy on 27 November 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts. She sailed from Boston on 10 December, and was sunk in Maffitt's Channel of Charleston harbor on 25 or 26 January 1862.
This Stephen Young may be the merchantman cargo ship Stephen J. Young, that was previously captained by Isaac D. Seyburn, a Union naval officer who later helped maintain the blockade in this area.
See also[]
- Union Blockade
- United States Navy
References[]
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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- Ships of the Stone Fleet
- Ships of the Union Navy
- Brigs of the United States Navy
- Scuttled vessels
- Shipwrecks of the American Civil War
- Shipwrecks of the Carolina coast
- Maritime incidents in January 1862
- American Civil War stubs
- Merchant ship stubs
- United States naval ship stubs