USS Charles Phelps

USS Charles Phelps was a ship acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as an auxiliary support vessel, delivering coal to Union steamers blockading Confederate ports.

History
United States
Launched	1848
Acquired	24 June 1861
Commissioned	1861
Decommissioned	1865
Fate	Sold, 25 October 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	363 tons
Length	110 ft (34 m)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft	18 ft (5.5 m)
Complement	23
Armament	one 32-pounder smoothbore gun

Service history

Charles Phelps was built in 1848 at New London, Connecticut, as a whaler; purchased at New Bedford, Massachusetts, 24 June 1861; and commissioned later in the year, Acting Master W. F. North in command. Assigned as a coal supply ship for the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Charles Phelps served in Hampton Roads, Virginia, throughout the Civil War, resupplying ships enforcing the Union blockade in the area. Charles Phelps was sold at New York City 25 October 1865.

References

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