USS William Bacon

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History
United States
Acquired	6 September 1861
Commissioned	3 February 1862
Decommissioned	17 June 1865
Fate	Sold, 20 July 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	183 tons
Length	95 ft (29 m)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft	8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
Propulsion	schooner sail
Armament	1 × 13 in (330 mm) mortar 2 × 32-pounder guns

USS William Bacon was a schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.