USS Hornet (1865)

USS Hornet (1865)

The USS "Hornet" (1865) was the fifth United States Navy ship to bear the name Hornet. She was originally the Confederate blockade runner CSS "Lady Stirling", built by James Ash at Blackwall, England in 1864. She was badly damaged and captured on October 28, 1864 off Wilmington, North Carolina. Following condemnation by a prize court she was bought by the US Navy, repaired, armed, and commissioned as USS "Lady Sterling" and later renamed USS "Hornet" on April 25, 1865 In navy service she mainly operated in the Chesapeake Bay squadron. In October 1865, "Hornet" escorted the Confederate ironclad CSS "Stonewall" from Cuba to the United States. "Hornet" was decommissioned on December 15, 1865 and sold into private ownership in 1869. After the war "Hornet" was involved in several filibustering expeditions to Cuba under the names "Hornet" and "Cuba".


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