&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:OP_65_Capture_of_the_blockade_runner_Annie_(9091345775).jpg) Capture of the blockade runner Annie.
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| History | |
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  United States | |
| Acquired | December 1864 |
| Commissioned | 6 February 1865 |
| Decommissioned | 8 August 1865 |
| Captured | 31 October 1864 |
| Fate | Sold, 30 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 428 tons |
| Length | 170 ft (52 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 1 in (7.04 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) |
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USS Preston was a blockade-running steamer originally named Annie that was captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She was placed in service on the Gulf of Mexico by the Union Navy as a gunboat during blockade operations against the Confederate States of America.