High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Commodore Read (1857) was a former ferry acquired by the Union Navy for use during the American Civil War. Because of her shallow draft, she was useful for patrols in rivers and streams. And, because of her ferryboat structure, she was useful as a gun platform or for carrying passengers or prisoners. Commodore Read — formerly the ferryboat Atlantic — was built in 1857 and purchased by the Navy at New York on 19 August 1863; fitted out at New York Navy Yard; and commissioned on 8 September 1863, Acting Master E. S. Turner in command.

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