High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Buckthorne (1863) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a fleet tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Buckthorn, a screw steamer, was built in 1863 at East Haddam, Connecticut, as Signal; purchased by the Navy 22 December 1863; and commissioned at New York City 7 April 1864, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant W. Godfrey in Command. Buckthorn served with the West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the American Civil War and participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay (5 August 1864). She acted as a tender for the fleet and was also used as a dispatch vessel throughout her career.

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