USS Sam Houston (1861)
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For the submarine, see USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609).
USS Sam Houston was a small (66-ton) schooner captured by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War.
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Captured | 7 July 1861 |
Fate | Sold, 25 April 1866 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 66 tons |
Propulsion | schooner sail |
Complement | 15 |
Armament | one heavy 12-pounder smoothbore cannon |
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She served the Union Navy during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as a ship's tender, pilot boat, and dispatch boat, but also as a gunboat when the occasion presented itself.