USS Preston (1865)

History
United States
NameUSS Preston
In service1865
Out of service1865
Captured
FateSold, 17 September 1868
General characteristics
TypeGunboat
Displacement230 long tons (234 t)
Length160 ft (49 m)
Beam12 ft (3.7 m)
PropulsionSteam engine

The USS Preston was a blockade-running steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

She was placed in service in Port Royal, South Carolina, by the Union Navy as a gunboat during blockade operations against the Confederate States of America.