USS Hydrangea

History
United States
Ordered	as Hippodame
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	1862
Acquired	16 October 1863
Commissioned	18 April 1864
Decommissioned	1 September 1865
Stricken	1865 (est.)
Homeport	Hampton Roads, Virginia; Port Royal, South Carolina;
Fate	Sold, 25 October 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	224 tons
Length	120'
Beam	20' 3"
Draught	depth of hold 9' 6"
Propulsion	steam engine; screw-propelled;
Speed	11 knots
Complement	not known
Armament	one 20-pounder Parrott rifle; two 12-pounder howitzers;

USS Hydrangea was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Navy in various ways: as a tugboat, a dispatch boat, a ship's tender, and as a gunboat in waterways of the Confederate States of America.

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