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USS Queen was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a supply ship. Capture of a British steamer, conversion to Union Navy supply shipOn 21 June 1863, Union side wheel steamer {{USS|Santiago de Cuba|1861|6}} captured blockade running British steamer Victory off Palmetto Point, Eleuthera Island after a long chase. The prize had slipped out of Wilmington, North Carolina, laden with cotton, tobacco and turpentine and was sent to Boston, Massachusetts, where she was condemned by the Boston Prize Court. Renamed Queen 1 August 1863, she was purchased by the Navy 29 September 1863, and commissioned 15 August 1863, Acting Master Robert Tarr in command. Supporting the Union Navy ships and bases of the Gulf Coast blockadeFitted out as a transport and supply ship, Queen departed Boston 4 December for New Orleans, Louisiana, where she arrived 9 January 1864. For the remainder of the war, she operated between northern ports and the gulf, stopping frequently en route to serve Union ships and bases along the Confederate coast. End-of-war decommissioning and saleAfter the war ended, Queen decommissioned at New York Navy Yard 21 June 1865 and was sold at New York City 16 October 1865 to Smith and Dunning. See also{{Portal|American Civil War|United States Navy|Military of the United States}}
References{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/q1/queen.htm}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2011}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Queen}} 5 : Ships of the Union Navy|Steamships of the United States Navy|American Civil War auxiliary ships of the United States|Stores ships of the United States Navy|1860 ships |
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