&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Resolute_(1860).jpg) USS Resolute at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, June 1861
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| Namesake | Resolute: marked by firm determination; resolved (previous name retained) |
| Launched | 1860 |
| Acquired | 7 May 1861 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 26 May 1865 |
| Fate | Sold, 24 June 1865 |
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| Displacement | 90 tons |
| Length | 88 ft 2 in (26.87 m) (reg.) |
| Beam | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) |
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| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 17 |
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The first USS Resolute was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She was purchased by the Union Navy to be part of the fleet of ships stationed in coastal waterways to prevent blockade runners from entering or departing ports of the Confederacy. She served as a gunboat and, at times, as a ship's tender and, at war's end, was sold at auction.