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  • USS Periwinkle (1864)
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  • USS Periwinkle (1864) was a steamer procured by the Union Navy during the final months of the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy’s struggle against the Confederate States of America as a patrol gunship. After the war, this ship was retained by the U.S. Navy to support the Hall Scientific Expedition to the Arctic Ocean, and during this voyageunder her new name Polarisshe proceeded into Arctic waters, only to have her hull crushed by the ice.
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  • The Periwinkle as the U.S.S. Polaris, equipped for Arctic exploration.
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  • 300
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  • USS Periwinkle (1864) was a steamer procured by the Union Navy during the final months of the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy’s struggle against the Confederate States of America as a patrol gunship. After the war, this ship was retained by the U.S. Navy to support the Hall Scientific Expedition to the Arctic Ocean, and during this voyageunder her new name Polarisshe proceeded into Arctic waters, only to have her hull crushed by the ice.