USS Phlox
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Ordered | as F. W. Lincoln |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1864 |
| Acquired | 2 August 1864 |
| Commissioned | 14 September 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 28 July 1865 |
| In service | 1865 |
| Out of service | 1873 |
| Stricken | 1873 (est.) |
| Homeport | Annapolis, Maryland |
| Fate | Transferred to the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 317 tons |
| Length | 145 ft (44 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draught |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots |
| Complement | 32 |
| Armament | not known |
USS Phlox was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy's struggle against the Confederate States of America as a gunboat; and, after the war's end, she served the midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, as a training ship.