Hundreds of vessels served in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. This list provides their names, arranged alphabetically. Vessels that are active on our Zooniverse Project Page are linked to biographies of their service provided by the Naval History and Heritage Command; you can explore their story be clicking on their name.
| SHIP’S NAME |
| A. Houghton |
| Abeona |
| Acacia |
| Adela |
| Adirondack |
| Admiral |
| Adolph Hugel |
| Agamenticus |
| Agawam |
| Alabama |
| Albatross |
| Albemarle |
| Alert |
| Alexandria |
| Alfred Robb |
| Alpha |
| Althea |
| Amanda |
| Amaranthus |
| America |
| Anacostia |
| Anemone |
| Annie |
| Antona |
| Arethusa |
| Argosy |
| Aries |
| Arizona |
| Arkansas |
| Arletta |
| Aroostook |
| Arthur |
| Ascutney |
| Aster |
| Atlanta |
| Augusta |
| Augusta Dinsmore |
| Avenger |
| Azalea |
| Bainbridge |
| Baltimore |
| Banshee |
| Baron de Kalb |
| Bat |
| Bazely |
| Beauregard |
| Belle |
| Ben Morgan |
| Benton |
| Berberry |
| Bermuda |
| Bienville |
| Bignonia |
| Black Hawk |
| Bloomer |
| Bohio |
| Boxer |
| Brandywine |
| Braziliera |
| Brilliant |
| Britannia |
| Brooklyn |
| Buckthorn |
| C. P. Williams |
| Cactus |
| Cairo |
| Calhoun |
| Calypso |
| Camanche |
| Cambridge |
| Camelia |
| Canadaigua |
| Canonicus |
| Carnation |
| Caroline |
| Carondelet |
| Carrabasset |
| Casco |
| Catalpa |
| Catawba |
| Catskill |
| Cayuga |
| Ceres |
| Champion |
| Charles Phelps |
| Charlotte |
| Chatham |
| Chenango |
| Cherokee |
| Chickasaw |
| Chicopee |
| Chillicothe |
| Chimo |
| Chippewa |
| Choctaw |
| Chocura |
| Cimmaron |
| Cincinnati |
| Circassian |
| Clara Dolsen |
| Clematis |
| Clifton |
| Clinton |
| Clover |
| Clyde |
| Coeur de Lion |
| Cohassett |
| Collier |
| Colorado |
| Colossus |
| Columbia |
| Columbine |
| Commodore |
| Commodore Barney |
| Commodore Hull |
| Commodore Jones |
| Commodore McDonough |
| Commodore Morris |
| Commodore Perry |
| Commodore Read |
| Conemaugh |
| Conestoga |
| Congress |
| Connecticut |
| Constellation |
| Constitution |
| Cornubia |
| Corypheus |
| Courier |
| Covington |
| Cowslip |
| Cricket |
| Crusader |
| Cumberland |
| Curlew |
| Currituck |
| Cyane |
| Dacotah |
| Daffodil |
| Dahlia |
| Dai Ching |
| Daisy |
| Dale |
| Dan Smith |
| Dana |
| Dandelion |
| Dawn |
| Daylight |
| De Soto |
| Delaware |
| Delta |
| Dictator |
| Don |
| Donegal |
| Dragon |
| Duchess [No History Available] |
| Dumbarton |
| E. B. Hale |
| Eastport |
| Elfin |
| Elk |
| Ella |
| Emma |
| Emma Henry (Wasp) |
| Eolus |
| Epsilon |
| Essex |
| Estrella |
| Ethan Allen |
| Eugenie |
| Eureka |
| Eutaw |
| Exchange |
| Fahkee |
| Fairplay |
| Fairy |
| Falmouth |
| Farallones |
| Fawn |
| Fearnot |
| Fern |
| Fernandina |
| Fitch |
| Flag |
| Flambeau |
| Florida |
| Forest Rose |
| Fort Donelson |
| Fort Gaines |
| Fort Henry |
| Fort Hindman |
| Fort Jackson |
| Fort Morgan |
| Fox |
| Fredonia |
| Frolic |
| Fuchsia |
| G. W. Blunt |
| G.L. Brockenborough |
| Galatea |
| Galena |
| Gamage |
| Gazelle |
| Gem of the Sea |
| Gemsbok |
| General Bragg |
| General Burnside |
| General Grant |
| General Lyon |
| General Pillow |
| General Sherman |
| General Sterling Price |
| General Thomas |
| Genesee |
| George Mangham |
| George W. Rodgers |
| Geranium |
| Gertrude |
| Gettysburg |
| Gladiolus |
| Glance |
| Glasgow |
| Glaucus |
| Glide |
| Governor Buckingham |
| Grampus |
| Grand Gulf |
| Granite |
| Granite City |
| Great Western |
| Grosbeak |
| Guard |
| Hallie Jackson |
| Harcourt |
| Harriet Lane |
| Hartford |
| Harvest Moon |
| Hastings |
| Hatteras |
| Heliotrope |
| Hendrick Hudson |
| Henry Andrew |
| Henry Brinker |
| Henry Janes |
| Hetzel |
| Hibiscus |
| Hollyhock |
| Home |
| Honduras |
| Honeysuckle |
| Hope |
| Horace Beals |
| Hornet |
| Housatonic |
| Howell Cobb |
| Howquah |
| Hoyt |
| Hunchback |
| Huntress |
| Huntsville |
| Huron |
| Hyacinth |
| Hydrangea |
| Ibex |
| Ida |
| Independence |
| Indianola |
| Ino |
| Iosco |
| Iris |
| Iron Age |
| Iroquois |
| Isaac Smith |
| Island Belle |
| Isonomia |
| Itasca |
| Iuka |
| Ivy |
| J. C. Kuhn |
| J. N. Seymour |
| Jacob Bell |
| James Adger |
| James L. Davis |
| James S. Chambers |
| Jamestown |
| Jeannette |
| John Adams |
| John Griffith |
| John L. Lockwood |
| John P. Jackson |
| Jonquil |
| Judge Torrence |
| Juliet |
| Juniata |
| Juniper |
| Kanawha |
| Kansas |
| Katahdin |
| Kate |
| Kearsarge |
| Kennebec |
| Kensington |
| Kenwood |
| Keokuk |
| Key West |
| Keystone State |
| Kickapoo |
| Kineo |
| King Philip |
| Kingfisher |
| Kittatinny |
| Laburnum |
| Lackawanna |
| Lady Sterling |
| Lafayette |
| Lancaster |
| Larkspur |
| Laurel |
| Lavender |
| Lehigh |
| Lenapee |
| Leslie |
| Lexington |
| Lilac |
| Lillian |
| Linden |
| Little Ada |
| Little Rebel |
| Lodona |
| Louisiana |
| Louisville |
| Macedonian |
| Mackinaw |
| Madgie |
| Magnolia |
| Mahaska |
| Mahopac |
| Malvern |
| Manayunk |
| Manhattan |
| Manitou |
| Maratanza |
| Marblehead |
| Maria A. Wood |
| Maria J. Carlton |
| Marigold |
| Marion |
| Marmora |
| Martin |
| Mary Sanford |
| Mary T. |
| Massachusetts |
| Massasoit |
| Mattabesett |
| Matthew Vassar |
| Maumee |
| Memphis |
| Memphis Hospital Pinkney |
| Mendota |
| Mercedita |
| Mercury |
| Merrimac |
| Metacomet |
| Meteor |
| Miami |
| Miantonomoh |
| Michigan |
| Midnight |
| Mignonette |
| Milwaukee |
| Mingoe |
| Minnesota |
| Mississippi |
| Mist |
| Mistletoe |
| Mobile |
| Moccasin |
| Mohawk |
| Mohican |
| Mohongo |
| Monadnock |
| Monitor |
| Monongahela |
| Montauk |
| Montgomery |
| Monticello |
| Moose |
| Morgan |
| Morning Light |
| Morse |
| Mound City |
| Mount Vernon |
| Mount Washington |
| Muscoota |
| Myrtle |
| Mystic |
| Nacum |
| Nahant |
| Naiad |
| Nansemond |
| Nantucket |
| Narcissus |
| Narragansett |
| Nashville |
| National Guard |
| Naubuc |
| Naumkeag |
| Neosho |
| Neptune |
| Nereus |
| New Berne |
| New Era |
| New Hampshire |
| New Ironsides |
| New London |
| New National |
| Niagara |
| Nightingale |
| Niphon |
| Nipsic |
| Nita |
| Norfolk Packet |
| Norwich |
| Nyack |
| Nyanza |
| Nymph |
| O. H. Lee |
| O. M. Pettit |
| Octorara |
| Oleander |
| Oneida |
| Oneota |
| Onondaga |
| Onward |
| Oriole |
| Orvetta |
| Osage |
| Osceola |
| Ossipee |
| Otsego |
| Ottawa |
| Ouachita |
| Owasco |
| Ozark |
| Pampero |
| Pansy |
| Para |
| Passaic |
| Patapsco |
| Patroon |
| Paul Jones |
| Paw Paw |
| Pawnee |
| Pawtuxet |
| Pembina |
| Penguin |
| Penobscot |
| Pensacola |
| Peosta |
| Pequot |
| Peri |
| Periwinkle |
| Perry |
| Peterhoff |
| Petrel |
| Philadelphia |
| Philippi |
| Phlox |
| Picket Boat No. 3 |
| Picket Boat No. 4 |
| Picket Boat No. 5 |
| Picket Boat No. 6 |
| Pink |
| Pinola |
| Pittsburgh |
| Pocahontas |
| Pontiac |
| Pontoosuc |
| Poppy |
| Port Royal |
| Portsmouth |
| Potomac |
| Potomac Flotilla |
| Potomska |
| Powhatan |
| Prairie Bird |
| Preble |
| Primrose |
| Princess Royal |
| Proteus |
| Pursuit |
| Quaker City |
| Queen |
| Queen City |
| R. B. Forbes |
| R. R. Cuyler |
| Racer |
| Rachel Seaman |
| Rattler |
| Red Rover |
| Reindeer |
| Release |
| Reliance |
| Relief |
| Rescue |
| Resolute |
| Restless |
| Rhode Island |
| Richmond |
| Roanoke |
| Rodolph |
| Roebuck |
| Roman |
| Romeo |
| Rosalie |
| Rose |
| Sabine |
| Sachem |
| Saco |
| Sacramento |
| Saffron |
| Sagamore |
| Saginaw |
| Sam Houston |
| Samson |
| Samuel Rotan |
| San Jacinto |
| Sangamon |
| Santee |
| Santiago De Cuba |
| Sarah Bruen |
| Saranac |
| Saratoga |
| Sassacus |
| Satellite |
| Saugus |
| Savannah |
| Sciota |
| Sea Bird |
| Sea Foam |
| Sebago |
| Selma |
| Seminole |
| Seneca |
| Shamokin |
| Shamrock |
| Shawmut |
| Shawnee |
| Shawsheen |
| Shenandoah |
| Shepherd Knapp |
| Shockokon |
| Sidney C. Jones |
| Signal |
| Silver Cloud |
| Silver Lake |
| Siren |
| Somerset |
| Sonoma |
| Sophronia |
| South Carolina |
| Southfield |
| Sovereign |
| Spirea |
| Sportsman |
| Springfield |
| Spuyten Duyvil |
| Squando |
| St. Clair |
| St. Lawrence |
| St. Louis |
| St. Mary’s |
| Stars and Stripes |
| State of Georgia |
| Stepping Stones |
| Stettin |
| Stockdale |
| Stonewall |
| Sumpter |
| Suncook |
| Sunflower |
| Supply |
| Susquehanna |
| Suwanee |
| Swatara |
| Sweet Briar |
| Sybil |
| T. A. Ward |
| Tacony |
| Tahoma |
| Tallahatchie |
| Tallapoosa |
| Tawah |
| Teazer (Teaser) |
| Tecumseh |
| Tempest |
| Tennessee |
| Tensas |
| Thistle |
| Thomas Freeborn |
| Ticonderoga |
| Tioga |
| Tonawanda |
| Trefoil |
| Tristram Shandy |
| Tritonia |
| Tulip |
| Tuscarora |
| Tuscumbria |
| Two Sisters |
| Tyler |
| Unadilla |
| Uncas |
| Underwriter |
| Undine |
| Union |
| Unit |
| Valley City |
| Valparaiso |
| Vandalia |
| Vanderbilt |
| Varuna |
| Verbena |
| Vermont |
| Vicksburg |
| Victoria |
| Victory |
| Vincennes |
| Vindicator |
| Violet |
| Virginia |
| Vixen |
| Volunteer |
| W. H. Brown |
| Wabash |
| Wachusett |
| Wamsutta |
| Wanderer |
| Wando |
| Wasp |
| Watch |
| Water Witch |
| Wateree |
| Waxsaw |
| Weehawken |
| Western World |
| Westfield |
| Wheeler No. 1 |
| Whitehead |
| Wilderness |
| William Bacon |
| William Badger |
| William G. Anderson |
| William G. Putnam (General Putnam) |
| Winnebago |
| Winnipeg |
| Winona |
| Winooski |
| Wissahickon |
| Wyalusing |
| Wyandank |
| Wyandotte |
| Wyoming |
| Yankee |
| Yantic |
| Young America |
| Young Rover |
| Yucca |
| Zeta |
| Zouave |
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