. "USS Maria A. Wood (1861) was a schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. The wooden sailing vessel Maria A. Wood was purchased at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 21 September 1861 and commissioned there 19 November 1861, Master Anthony Chase in command."@en . . . . . "USS Maria A. Wood (1861) was a schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. The wooden sailing vessel Maria A. Wood was purchased at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 21 September 1861 and commissioned there 19 November 1861, Master Anthony Chase in command."@en . . . "USS Maria A. Wood (1861)"@en . . . . . . "--09-21"^^ .