USS Delta (1864)

History
United States
Name	USS Delta
Acquired	3 June 1864
In service	1864
Out of service	1865
Fate	Sold, 5 September 1865
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Displacement	50 long tons (51 t)
Length	66 ft (20 m)
Beam	14 ft (4.3 m)
Draft	7 ft 8 in (2.34 m)
Depth of hold	6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h)
Armament	1 × spar torpedo

USS Delta was a steamship used 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.

Delta — a steam tugboat — was purchased as Linda at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 3 June 1864, and renamed Delta on 27 November. She was also known as Tug No. 4. Delta was sent to Hampton Roads, Virginia, to be fitted as a torpedo (mine) tug, and operated in the James River until 28 March 1865. She was transferred to the sounds of North Carolina for duty, and for a short time in April 1865 was placed at the disposal of the Union Army with four other torpedo tugs. Delta was sent to New York at the close of the war and sold there on 5 September.

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.