- Cricket No. 3 commissioned as Nymph
- Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron
- Post-war decommissioning and sale
- See also
- References
- External links
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}} | USS Nymph (1863) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a dispatch boat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Cricket No. 3 commissioned as NymphCricket No. 3, a stern wheel wooden river steamer built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1863, was purchased by the Navy at Cincinnati 8 March 1864, fitted out as a "tinclad" gunboat, and commissioned at Mound City, Illinois, as Nymph 11 April 1864, Acting Master Patrick Donnelly in command. Assigned to the Mississippi SquadronNymph patrolled the Mississippi River and its tributaries through the end of the Civil War, helping to maintain Union lines of supply and communication. Post-war decommissioning and saleShe decommissioned 2½ miles above Cairo, Illinois, 28 June 1865 and was sold at public auction at Mound City 17 August 1865 to M. A. Hutchinson. See also{{Portal|American Civil War|United States Navy|Military of the United States}}- Anaconda Plan
- Mississippi Squadron
- United States Navy
- List of United States Navy ships
References{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n6/nymph.htm}}External links- Photo gallery at Naval Historical Center
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