Hundreds of vessels served in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. This list provides their names, arranged alphabetically.
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 |
Dumbarton |
E. B. Hale |
Eastport |
Elfin |
Elk |
Ella |
Emma |
Emma Henry |
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 |
Genessee |
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 |