USS Roebuck
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Roebuck was a barque used by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
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She was used by the Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. At war's end, she was converted to a storeship before eventually being decommissioned.