USS James Adger (1851)
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 United States
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| Name: | SS James Adger |
| Owner: | James Adger & Co. |
| Route: | Charleston, South Carolina – New York City |
| Builder: | William H. Webb |
| Completed: | 1851 |
| Fate: | Seized at the outset of the Civil War, 1861 |
 United States
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| Name: | USS James Adger |
| Acquired: | By purchase, 20 July 1861 |
| Commissioned: | 20 September 1861 |
| Decommissioned: | 1865 |
| Fate: | Sold, 9 October 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Sidewheel steamer |
| Displacement: | 1,152 long tons (1,170 t) |
| Length: | 215 ft (66 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m) |
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| Sail plan: | Auxiliary sails |
| Speed: | 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Complement: | 120 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 8 × 32-pounder guns, 1 × 20-pounder Parrott rifle |
USS James Adger was a sidewheel steamer in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She retained her former name.
Before being pressed into service by the United States Navy, the SS James Adger was a United States Mail Steamship operating between Charleston, South Carolina and New York City, New York. Owned by James Adger II (James Adger & Co) of Charleston, she was seized while in New York City at the outset of the Civil War and converted for military duty by the Union Navy.
James Adger was built at New York City by William H. Webb in 1851. Her 240 hp (180 kW) side-lever engine was supplied by the Allaire Iron Works.
James Adger was purchased at New York for the sum of $85,000 from Spofford, Tileston & Co., on 20 July 1861, and commissioned at New York Navy Yard on 20 September 1861, Commander John B. Marchand in command.
James Adger departed New York on 16 October 1861 in pursuit of the CSS Nashville, a Confederate cruiser reported to have escaped from Charleston, South Carolina with the South's ministers to England and France, James M. Mason and John Slidell. She arrived at Queenstown, Ireland after an extremely stormy passage in October and spent November cruising in quest of her elusive quarry. The diplomats were apprehended by San Jacinto on 8 November.
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