USS Diana (1862)

History
United States
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: date unknown
In service: November 1862
Out of service: 28 March 1863
Struck: 1863 (est.)
Captured:
Fate: recaptured by Confederate forces, 28 March 1863
General characteristics
Displacement: not known
Length: not known
Beam: not known
Draught: not known
Propulsion:
Speed: not known
Complement: not known
Armament: not known

USS Diana (1862) was a captured Confederate steamer acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War. She was put into service by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Unfortunately for the Union Navy, she was again recaptured by the Confederate Navy.

Captured by the Union Navy and turned over to the Union Army

Diana, a side wheel merchant steamer, was captured by the Union Navy 27 April 1862 at New Orleans, Louisiana, and turned over on 7 May to General B. Butler, the Union Army commander of that area. She was employed by the Union Army mainly as a transport until November 1962 when she was returned for naval service, Acting Master Weeks in command.

Diana’s short career with the Union Navy

During her short naval career she assisted in the capture of two cargo vessels with sugar and molasses on board on 6 December 1862, and took part in an attack on the Confederate forces in Bayou Teche, Louisiana, and the destruction of CSS J. A. Cotton 14 January 1863.

Captured by Confederates

Diana served with other ships of the Navy and detachments of the Army in Berwick Bay, Louisiana, until 28 March 1863 when she was captured by the Confederates while on a reconnaissance in Grand Lake and Atchafalaya River in Louisiana.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entries can be found Confederate service here and Union service here.

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