High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Union (1861) was a heavy (1,114-ton) steamer with a powerful 12-inch rifled gun purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the navy successfully as a gunship during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America, capturing numerous blockade runners. Towards war's end, she was also assigned the role of dispatch boat and, because of her large size, as a storeship, at the same time continuing to capture blockade runners.

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