- Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron
- End-of-war decommissioning, sale, and subsequent civilian career
- References
- See also
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1862}} | Ship name= | Ship namesake= | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down=date unknown | Ship launched=1864 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired=23 December 1864 | Ship commissioned=3 March 1865 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned=August 1865 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck=1865 (est.) | 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= | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=232 tons | Ship tons burthen= | 157|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} | 30|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | Ship draught=not known | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*steam engine | Ship sail plan= | Ship speed=5.5 knots | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=not known | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*two 20-pounder guns- four 24-pounder guns
- one 12-pounder gun
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}} | The first USS Mist was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was planned by the Union Navy for use as a gunboat stationed off Confederate waterways to prevent their trading with foreign countries. Mist, a stern wheel steamer built at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1864, was purchased at Cincinnati, Ohio, 23 December 1864, and commissioned at Mound City, Illinois, 3 March 1865, Acting Master W. E. H. Fontress in command. Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron Mist was converted into a gunboat during the first 4 months of 1865. The new tinclad was assigned to the 8th District, Mississippi Squadron and patrolled the river protecting steamers and river settlements from desperadoes. End-of-war decommissioning, sale, and subsequent civilian career Mist was removed from naval duty 4 August; decommissioned at Mound City and was sold at public auction to C. C. Hutchinson 17 August 1865. Documented as a merchant ship, she served American commerce on the Mississippi River and its tributaries until 1874. References {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m12/mist-i.htm}} See also - United States Navy
- American Civil War
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