USS William G. Anderson
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USS William G. Anderson was a barque used by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was assigned by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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Launched | 1859 |
Acquired | 23 August 1861 |
Commissioned | 2 October 1861 |
Decommissioned | 21 July 1866 |
Stricken | 1866 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 28 August 1866 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 593 |
Length | 149 ft 7 in (45.59 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 1 in (9.17 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) |
Propulsion | sail |
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William G. Anderson—a fast sailing bark built in 1859 at Boston, Massachusetts, by C. F. and H. D. Gardiner—was initially owned by Edmund Boynton of Boston and acquired at Boston by the Navy on 23 August 1861. William G. Anderson was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 2 October 1861, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William C. Rogers in command.