USS Supply (1846)

USS Supply, probably at the New York Navy Yard after the Civil War
History
Name:	USS Supply
Acquired:	1846
Commissioned:	19 December 1846
Decommissioned:	17 December 1848
Recommissioned:	17 February 1849
Decommissioned:	7 July 1870
Recommissioned:	21 February 1871
Decommissioned:	23 April 1879
Fate:	Sold 3 May 1884
General characteristics
Type:	Sailing ship
Tonnage:	547
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Complement:	40 officers and enlisted men
Armament:	4 × 24-pounder (10.9-kg) guns

The first USS Supply was a ship-rigged sailing vessel which served as a stores ship in the United States Navy. She saw service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.

Supply was purchased by the U.S. Navy at Boston, Massachusetts, late in 1846 for service during the Mexican–American War. She was delivered to the United States Government at the Boston Navy Yard on 8 December 1846, and was commissioned there on 19 December 1846, Lieutenant John Calhoun in command.

Supply sailed for the Gulf of Mexico on 21 January 1847 and supported the Home Squadron's operations against Mexico serving as a stores ship until late in the summer when Commodore Matthew C. Perry reduced the size of his force in Mexican waters after the American evacuation of Tabasco. Supply returned to New York City on 26 September 1847.

Exactly two months later, on 26 November 1847, the ship, now commanded by Lieutenant William F. Lynch, departed New York Harbor and proceeded to the Mediterranean with equipment and stores to be used in an expedition to explore the Dead Sea. She reached Gibraltar on the afternoon of 19 December 1847, and proceeded to Port Mahón with supplies for the Mediterranean Squadron. There she was delayed in quarantine for two weeks because of two cases of smallpox which occurred on board. After finally delivering stores to the American warships, she resumed her voyage to the Levant on 4 February 1848.