USS Norfolk Packet

History
Union Navy Jack United States
NameUSS Norfolk Packet
Laid downdate unknown
Launcheddate unknown
Acquired10 September 1861
Commissioned7 February 1862
Decommissioned12 July 1865
Stricken1865 (est.)
HomeportPort Royal, South Carolina
FateSold, 10 August 1865
General characteristics
Tonnage349
Length108 ft (33 m)
Beam28 ft 2 in (8.59 m)
Propulsionschooner sail
Speednot known
Complement40
Armament
  • one 13" mortar
  • two 32-pounder guns
  • two 12-pounder guns

USS Norfolk Packet was a large schooner purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was assigned to gunboat duty in the inland waterways of the Confederate States of America.