USS Epsilon (1864)

History
United States
Ordered: as Harry Bumm
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: date unknown
Acquired: 3 June 1864
In service: circa June 1864
Out of service: circa June 1865
Struck: 1865 (est.)
Fate: sold, 12 July 1865
General characteristics
Displacement: 55 tons
Length: 66 ft (20 m)
Beam: 15 ft (4.6 m)
Draught: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion: steam engine
Speed: 9 knots
Complement: not known
Armament: none indicated

USS Epsilon (1864) was a tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat and dispatch boat to support Union Navy patrol vessels on Confederate waterways.

Acquisition and name change from Tug No. 5 to Epsilon

Epsilon, a steam tug, was purchased as Harry Bumm at Philadelphia, 3 June 1864, and assigned to duty in the James River, Acting Ensign E. M. Boggs in command. She was known as Tug No. 5 until November 1864 when she was named Epsilon.

Performing various services during tour of duty on the James

Throughout her career, Epsilon performed useful service in the James, reconnoitering, patrolling, serving as picket, carrying mail, and transferring men from one ship's company to another.

Post-war decommissioning and disposal

Epsilon was ordered north in May 1865 and was sold at New York City 12 July 1865.

References

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

See also


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