USS George W. Rodgers (1861) [SEP] conflict
USS George W. Rodgers (1861)
USS "George W. Rodgers" (1861) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was initially intended to be used as part of the stone fleet of sunken obstructions; however, she was retained and used as a picket boat and dispatch vessel and, later, as a survey ship, concentrating her efforts in the waterways of the Confederate South.
Blockade runner "Shark" captured by USS "South Carolina".
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