USS William G. Anderson (1859)
USS William G. Anderson (1859) was a barque used by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was assigned by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. William G. Anderson—a fast sailing bark built in 1859 at Boston, Massachusetts, by C. F. and H. D. Gardiner—was initially owned by Edmund Boynton of Boston and acquired at Boston by the Navy on 23 August 1861. William G. Anderson was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 2 October 1861, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William C. Rogers in command.
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USS William G. Anderson (1859)
USS William G. Anderson (1859) was a barque used by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was assigned by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. William G. Anderson—a fast sailing bark built in 1859 at Boston, Massachusetts, by C. F. and H. D. Gardiner—was initially owned by Edmund Boynton of Boston and acquired at Boston by the Navy on 23 August 1861. William G. Anderson was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 2 October 1861, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William C. Rogers in command.
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USS William G. Anderson (1859) ...... William C. Rogers in command.
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1861-08-23
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1861-10-02
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1866-07-21
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4.54152e+1
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sold, 28 August 1866
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*six 32-pounder guns
*one 24-pounder howitzer
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USS William G. Anderson (1859) ...... William C. Rogers in command.
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USS William G. Anderson (1859)
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