Global InformationUSS Berberry information
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Berberry |
| Ordered | as Columbia |
| Laid down | 1864 |
| Launched | 1864 |
| Acquired | August 13, 1864 |
| Commissioned | September 12, 1864 |
| Decommissioned | June 10, 1865 |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, July 12, 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Displacement | 163 long tons (166 t) |
| Length | 99 ft (30 m) |
| Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine, screw |
| Speed | 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
| Complement | 35 |
| Armament | 2 × heavy 12-pounder smoothbore guns, 2 × 24-pounder smoothbore guns |
USS Berberry was a steam-powered tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
On August 13, 1864, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Navy purchased Columbia, a wooden-hulled screw steamer built there earlier that year. The Navy renamed her Berberry, and she was placed in commission at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on September 12, 1864, Acting Ensign Milton Griffith in command.