USS Flusser (1864)

USS Flusser (1864) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

History
United States
Name:	USS Flusser
Laid down:	date unknown
Launched:	date unknown
Acquired:	1864
In service:	1864
Out of service:	1865
Stricken:	1865 (est.)
Captured:	by Union Navy forces in 1864
Fate:	sold, 23 September 1865
General characteristics
Displacement:	Unknown
Length:	66 ft (20 m)
Beam:	Unknown
Draft:	Unknown
Propulsion:	Sail
Speed:	Varied
Complement:	Unknown
Armament:	None indicated

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.

Captured Confederate schooner used as Union Navy storeship

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.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.