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| History | |
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| Name | USS Don |
| Acquired | 21 April 1864 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 18 May 1868 |
| Captured | captured by the Union Navy, 4 March 1862 |
| Fate | Sold, 29 August 1868 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Displacement | 390 long tons (400 t) |
| Length | 162 ft (49 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Complement | 94 |
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USS Don was a captured British steam-operated cargo ship acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War.
She was put into service by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.