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USS Flusser (1864)

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History
United States
NameUSS Flusser
Acquired1864
In service1864
Out of service1865
Capturedby Union Navy forces in 1864
Fatesold, 23 September 1865
General characteristics
Length66 ft (20 m)
PropulsionSail

USS Flusser was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

She was used by the Union Navy as a storeship whose duty was to supply other Union Navy ships with coal, ammunition, and other necessary provisions.

Service history

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Flusser—a 66 ft (20 m) schooner captured from the Confederates in 1864 but never libeled as a prize—was used as a coal hulk and to carry ordnance and stores to ships in the North Carolina sounds. Flusser was sold at Washington, D.C. on 23 September 1865.

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