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USS ''Gemsbok'' (1861) was a bark acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a gunboat, but, later in the war, she was also used as a collier and as a storeship. ''Gemsbok'' was purchased on 7 September 1861 at Boston, Massachusetts, and commissioned on 30 August 1861 at the Boston Navy Yard, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Lewis Drake Voorhees in command. ==South Atlantic Blockade== Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, ''Gemsbok'' sailed from Boston on 6 September 1861 for her duty station off Wilmington, North Carolina. On 19 September, she captured schooner ''Harmony'' off Cape Hatteras and three days later took schooner ''Mary E. Pindar'' off Federal Point, North Carolina. Schooner ''Beverly'' fell to ''Gemsbok'' just outside Frying Pan Shoals on 3 October, while on 18 October the English brig ''Ariel'' — loaded with salt — was captured off Wilmington. In November ''Gemsbok'' reported for blockade duty at Beaufort, North Carolina. On 16 January 1862, her crew — with that of — boarded and burned ''York'', grounded near Bogue Inlet, North Carolina, while unloading supplies from Dublin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Gemsbok (1861)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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