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USS Phoenix (1861)

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The Phoenix was an American wooden whaler based in New London, Connecticut, of 404 tons. During the first part of the American Civil War the aging ship was sold to the Union Navy in 1861.

She was part of the Stone Fleet, and was deliberately sunk as a breakwater to shelter Union troops landing on Tybee Island, Georgia, on or before December 5 1861, in preparation for the Battle of Fort Pulaski.

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Connecticut whaling ships in the Stone Fleet

For other ships with the same name, see Phoenix (ships with this name).
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