USS Marigold

History
United States
Laid downdate unknown
Launched1863
Acquired13 June 1863
Commissioned13 June 1863
Decommissioned1865
Stricken1866 (est.)
FateSold, 6 October 1866
General characteristics
Displacement115 tons
Length84 ft 7 in (25.78 m)
Beam18 ft 9 in (5.72 m)
Draught7 ft (2.1 m)
Propulsion
Speednot known
Complement17
Armament
  • one 12-pounder heavy gun
  • one 12-pounder rifle

USS Marigold was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat, dispatch boat and also as a gunboat in the blockade of the Confederacy.

Marigold, a screw tug built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was purchased by the Navy at Philadelphia 13 June 1863 and commissioned there the same day.