USS William G. Anderson

History
United States
Launched	1859
Acquired	23 August 1861
Commissioned	2 October 1861
Decommissioned	21 July 1866
Stricken	1866 (est.)
Fate	Sold, 28 August 1866
General characteristics
Tonnage	593
Length	149 ft 7 in (45.59 m)
Beam	30 ft 1 in (9.17 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
Propulsion	sail
Armament	six 32-pounder guns one 24-pounder howitzer

USS William G. Anderson was a barque used by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was assigned by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

William G. Anderson—a fast sailing bark built in 1859 at Boston, Massachusetts, by C. F. and H. D. Gardiner—was initially owned by Edmund Boynton of Boston and acquired at Boston by the Navy on 23 August 1861. William G. Anderson was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 2 October 1861, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William C. Rogers in command.