USS Hydrangea
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Ordered | as Hippodame |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1862 |
| Acquired | 16 October 1863 |
| Commissioned | 18 April 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 1 September 1865 |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Homeport |
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| Fate | Sold, 25 October 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 224 tons |
| Length | 120 ft (37 m) |
| Beam | 20 ft 3 in (6.17 m) |
| Draught | depth of hold 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament |
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USS Hydrangea was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Navy in various ways: as a tugboat, a dispatch boat, a ship's tender, and as a gunboat in waterways of the Confederate States of America.