USS Swift (1864)

History
United States
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	date unknown
In service	1864
Out of service	1865
Stricken	1865 (est.)
Captured	by Union Navy forces; 9 February 1864;
Fate	sold, 8 August 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	12 tons
Length	not known
Beam	not known
Draught	not known
Propulsion	schooner sail
Speed	not known
Complement	not known
Armament	two 12-pounder howitzers

USS Swift (1864) was a small 12-ton schooner captured by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.

Swift was used by the Union Navy as a ship’s tender, serving ships at Tybee Island, Georgia, and at Port Royal, South Carolina.

Civil War service

Swift was a small schooner captured by USS Patapsco on 9 February 1864 in Wassau Sound, Georgia. No record has been found of any filing of libel papers against the schooner, but she was taken into the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. The vessel served at Tybee Island, Georgia, and at Port Royal, South Carolina, as a ship's tender.

Swift was sold at public auction there on 8 August 1865.

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

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