- Construction and U.S. Army service
- U.S. Navy service
- References
- See also
{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1862}} | Ship name=Erebus | Ship namesake= | Ship owner= | Ship operator=United States Army | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=1862 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed=1862 | Ship acquired=1862 | Ship commissioned= | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Transferred to U.S. Navy 30 August 1862 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1862}} | Ship name=USS Laurel | Ship namesake= | Ship owner= | Ship operator=United States Navy | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired=30 August 1862 | Ship commissioned=19 October 1862 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned=12 August 1865 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Sold 17 August 1865 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type=Tug | Ship tonnage=50 tons | Ship displacement= | Ship tons burthen= | 60|ft|m|abbr=on}}[1] | 14|ft|m|abbr=on}}[1] | Ship height= | 6|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=Screw steamer | Ship sail plan= | Ship speed=5 knots | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement= | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=none | Ship armour= | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | USS Laurel was a screw tug in commission in the United States Navy from 1862 to 1865. She saw service in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Prior to her U.S. Navy service, she served as the United States Army tug Erebus. Construction and U.S. Army serviceThe tug was built for the U.S. Army in 1862 at St. Louis, Missouri, as Erebus for Union Army service. She entered service early in 1862. On 14 April 1862, she accidentally burned to the waterline on the Mississippi River and sank within a half-mile (0.8 km) of Craighead Point, 3,800 yards (3,475 meters) above Fort Pillow, Tennessee. Her crew was rescued, and she was refloated, repaired, and returned service.[1] U.S. Navy service Erebus was transferred from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Navy on 30 August or 30 September 1862[1] (sources disagree) and renamed USS Laurel on 19 October 1862. She operated on the Mississippi River for the remainder of the American Civil War, supporting operations of both the Union Army and U.S. Navy. After the war ended in 1865, Laurel assisted in the demobilization of the Mississippi Squadron before decommissioning at Mound City, Illinois, on 12 August 1865. She was sold at auction there to Sol. A. Silver on 17 August 1865. Documented as for commercial service as Laurel on 2 January 1867, she remained in service until abandoned in 1903. References {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l4/laurel-i.htm}}1. ^1 2 3 Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-8071-3274-6}}, p. 99.
See also - United States Navy
- American Civil War
{{1862 shipwrecks}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Laurel}} 10 : Ships of the Union Navy|Ships built in St. Louis|Steamships of the United States Navy|Tugs of the United States Navy|Ships of the United States Army|1862 ships|Shipwrecks of the Mississippi River|Shipwrecks of the American Civil War|Ship fires|Maritime incidents in 1862 |