{{short description|Gunboat of the United States Navy}} {{other ships|USS Hull}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{more footnotes|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=USS Commodore Hull.jpg |image_caption=USS ''Commodore Hull'' }}
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'''USS ''Commodore Hull''''' was a [[ferryboat]] acquired by the [[Union Navy]] during the [[American Civil War]]. She was outfitted as a [[gunboat]] and assigned to the [[Union blockade]] of the [[Confederate States of America]].
==Service history== ''Commodore Hull'' – a [[Paddle steamer#Types of paddle steamer|side-wheel]] ferryboat – was built at [[New York City]] in 1860 (or 1861<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/com-hull.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20000920023415/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/com-hull.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 September 2000 | title = USN Ships – USS Commodore Hull (1862–1865) | access-date = 2006-06-27 }}</ref>) as the civilian ferryboat ''Nuestra Señora del Regla'', intended for use at [[Havana, Cuba]]. Purchased by the Union Navy on 1 September 1862, she was converted to a [[gunboat]] and commissioned on 27 November 1862, [[Brevet (military)|Acting]] [[Master (naval)|Master]] W. G. Saltonstall in command. ''Commodore Hull'' was named in honor of [[Commodore (United States)|Commodore]] [[Isaac Hull]] (1773–1843), a significant U.S. Naval commander during and after the [[War of 1812]]. There were four subsequent {{USS|Hull}}s, all destroyers. ''Commodore Hull''{{'}}s ferryboat design made her especially useful for operations in sheltered waters, so she was assigned to the [[North Atlantic Blockading Squadron]] and operated along the coasts and rivers of [[Virginia]] and [[North Carolina]]. She took part in the siege of [[Washington, North Carolina|Washington, N.C.]] from 30 March – 16 April 1863. In [[Albemarle Sound]], she took part in the 5 May 1864 [[Battle of Albemarle Sound]] with the Confederate ironclad [[CSS Albemarle|CSS ''Albemarle'']]. As a picket, ''Commodore Hull'' was the first to sight the formidable ram approaching and fired at her from close quarters in the three-hour engagement.
''Commodore Hull'' joined in the attacks on and the capture of [[Plymouth, North Carolina|Plymouth, N.C.]] on 29 October. On 31 October, she was heavily damaged by Confederate batteries, losing four killed and three wounded. [[Coxswain#Navy|Coxswain]] Patrick Colbert was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for action on that date. ''Commodore Hull'' was repaired and remained active until the end of the Civil War. She was decommissioned on 8 June 1865 at the [[New York Navy Yard]]. ''Commodore Hull'' was sold at the Yard on 27 September. She was subsequently renamed to ''Waccamaw'' in civilian employment, which lasted until sometime prior to 1885. Abandoned on the [[Cape Fear River]] across from downtown [[Wilmington, North Carolina]], the steamboat was burned to the waterline in 1886. Some of her remains (consisting of the engine bed, boiler foundation, portions of the lower hull and paddle wheel spokes) are still visible at low tide.
==References== {{reflist}} *{{DANFS}} **{{cite web | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c11/commodore_hull.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040302083257/http://history.navy.mil/danfs/c11/commodore_hull.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2 March 2004 | title = Commodore Hull | access-date = 2006-06-27 | work = Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships }} *{{cite web | url = http://www.medalofhonor.com/NewYorkCivilWarRecipientsA-K.htm#C | title = Medal of Honor - New York Civil War Recipients | access-date = 2006-06-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060528014013/http://medalofhonor.com/NewYorkCivilWarRecipientsA-K.htm#C <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 28 May 2006}} *{{cite web | url = http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090610/ARTICLES/906109992?p=1&tc=pg | title = Across the Cape Fear from Wilmington sit more than 30 wrecks | access-date = 22 January 2010 | archive-date = 22 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120322014324/http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090610/ARTICLES/906109992?p=1&tc=pg | url-status = dead }} Retrieved 2010-01-22.
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20000920023415/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/com-hull.htm US Navy Historical Image Collection for USS Commodore Hull]
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