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USS Noble .
USS Noble (1861) was a wooden bark purchased during the American Civil War by the Union Navy 2 December 1861 at Sag Harbor, New York .
Noble was selected to be used as part of the obstructions placed in the "Stone Fleet " – a fleet of hulks sunk in selected waterways of the Confederate States of America to prevent passage of ships.
She was sunk in a channel leading to Savannah, Georgia , early in 1862.
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