Ships of The Squadron
On May 17, 1861 there were only fourteen ships assigned to the squadron, along with the Flying Flotilla (later the Potomac Flotilla) which was being formed by Commander James H. Ward who had departed for the Chesapeake from the New York Navy Yard on May 16, 1861. In effect Ward's flotilla acted independently under the direct orders of the Navy Department, though there was some transfer of vessels between the commands. With the acquisition and arming of civilian vessels the Atlantic Blockading Squadron grew to about three times its original allocated strength.
| Ship | Rate | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 1st | Screw Frigate | Squadron Flagship |
| Roanoke | 1st | Screw Frigate | |
| Wabash | 1st | Screw Frigate | |
| Susquehanna | 1st | Sidewheel Frigate | |
| Brandywine | 2nd | Sailing Frigate | Storeship, Hampton Roads |
| Congress | 2nd | Sailing Frigate | |
| Cumberland | 2nd | Sailing Frigate | |
| St. Lawrence | 2nd | Sailing Frigate | |
| Sabine | 2nd | Sailing Frigate | |
| Savannah | 2nd | Sailing Frigate | |
| Pawnee | 2nd | Screw Sloop | |
| Iroquois | 3rd | Screw Sloop | |
| Seminole | 3rd | Screw Sloop | |
| Dale | 4th | Sailing Sloop | |
| Jamestown | 3rd | Sailing Sloop | |
| Vandalia | 4th | Sailing Sloop | |
| Quaker City | 2nd | Sidewheel Gunboat | |
| Cambridge | 3rd | Screw Gunboat | |
| Flag | 3rd | Screw Gunboat | |
| Harriet Lane | 3rd | Sidewheel Gunboat | from United States Revenue Cutter Service |
| Albatross | 4th | Screw Gunboat | |
| Dawn | 4th | Screw Gunboat | |
| Daylight | 4th | Screw Gunboat | |
| Louisiana | 4th | Screw Gunboat | |
| Monticello | 4th | Screw Gunboat | |
| Mount Vernon | 4th | Screw Gunboat | |
| Penguin | 4th | Screw Gunboat | |
| Pocahontas | 4th | Screw Gunboat | |
| R. B. Forbes | 4th | Screw Gunboat | |
| Stars and Stripes | 4th | Screw Gunboat | |
| Valley City | 4th | Screw Gunboat | |
| Ceres | 4th | Sidewheel Gunboat | |
| John L. Lockwood | 4th | Sidewheel Gunboat | |
| Thomas Freeborn | 4th | Sidewheel Gunboat | |
| Underwriter | 4th | Sidewheel Gunboat | |
| Union | 4th | Screw Auxiliary | |
| Young Rover | 4th | Screw Auxiliary | |
| Adelaide | 4th | Sidewheel Auxiliary | Transport |
| Cohasset | 4th | Screw Tug | |
| Reliance | 4th | Screw Tug | |
| Rescue | 4th | Screw Tug | |
| Resolute | 4th | Screw Tug | |
| Young America | 4th | Screw Tug | ex-Confederate captured by USS Cumberland 24 Apr 1861 in Hampton Roads |
| General Putnam | 4th | Sidewheel Tug | Also known as USS William G. Putnam |
| Yankee | 4th | Sidewheel Tug | |
| Ben Morgan | 4th | Sailing Ship | Hospital Ship |
| Charles Phelps | 4th | Sailing Ship | Coal Ship |
| Perry | 4th | Sailing Brig | |
| Gemsbok | 4th | Sailing Bark | |
| Release | 4th | Sailing Bark | Storeship |
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