USS Bermuda (1861) [SEP] conflict
USS Bermuda
USS "Bermuda" (1861) was a large steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a cargo and general transport ship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways, primarily in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. However, despite being a valuable cargo ship, she proved very adept at capturing blockade runners as her record proves.
Confederate blockade runner.
"Bermuda"—an iron-hulled screw steamer—was built in 1861 at
1862;After capture was taken into the United States Navy and assigned to the Potomac Flotilla.
- Darlington | | 3 March 1862A Confederate sidewheel steamer, commanded by J.W. Godfrey, captured by USS "Pawnee" at Cumberland Sound, Florida.
- Bermuda | ~ | 27 April 1862A large iron-hulled screw steamer of 1,238 tons built in 1861 at Stockton-on-Tees, England as a blockade runner for transporting military supplies to the Confederacy, commanded by Charles W. Westendorff. Captured by USS "Mercedita", commanded