Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Yankee (1861) was a steam powered side-wheel tugboat acquired by the Union Navy just prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War. The Yankee -- a side-wheel steamer built in 1860 at New York City -- was one of three steam tugs chartered early in April 1861 at New York City for use on the expedition to provision Fort Sumter, South Carolina. She departed New York on 8 April and arrived off Charleston Bar on the 15th, a few hours after Major Robert Anderson's command had evacuated the fort and embarked in Federal transport Baltic. On the 20th, Yankee assisted in the evacuation of the Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, towing USS Cumberland (1842) to safety. She then returned to the New York Navy Yard.

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