USS Julia (1863)

USS Julia (1863) was a sloop captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tender ship in support of the Union Navy.

History
United States
Laid down:	date unknown
Launched:	date unknown
In service:	15 February 1863
Out of service:	1865
Stricken:	1865 (est.)
Captured:	by Union Navy forces 8 January 1863
Fate:	broken up and sold 1865
General characteristics
Displacement:	10 tons
Length:	not known
Beam:	not known
Draught:	not known
Propulsion:	sail
Speed:	varied
Complement:	7
Armament:	not known

Julia was an English sloop operating out of Nassau, Bahamas, captured by Union gunboat Sagamore on 8 January 1863. When taken some 10 miles north of Jupiter Inlet, Florida, she was attempting to slip through the Union blockade laden with salt badly needed by the Confederacy. She was taken to Key West, Florida, where she was condemned by a prize court and sold to the U.S. Navy.

She was placed in service 15 February 1863, with Acting Master's Mate L. C. Coggeshall in charge, and used as a tender to Northern blockaders along the coast. Tahoma, Pursuit, and Eugenie were among the ships she assisted during the war.

On 20 February 1863, she shared in the capture of the bark Stonewall.

Julia was broken up and sold at Key West, Florida in 1865.

References

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