page_title: USS Vermont (1848)
section_title: Service as an auxiliary
hierarchical_section_title: USS Vermont (1848) / Civil War service / Service as an auxiliary
caption_attribution_description: The former U.S. Navy ship of the line USS Vermont at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York (USA), in 1898.
context_page_description: USS Vermont (1848) was originally intended to be a ship of the line for the U.S. Navy when laid down in 1818, but was not commissioned until 1862, when she was too outdated to be used as anything but a stores and receiving ship.
context_section_description: Vermont remained anchored at Port Royal, where she served the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron as an ordnance, hospital, receiving, and store ship and drew praise from Rear Admiral Du Pont. On 12 December 1863, she rescued the crew of the American bark Alice Provost, which was wrecked while trying to enter port at Port Royal.
  United States Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles ordered Vermont to return to New York City for "public service" on 25 July 1864. She left Port Royal on 2 August 1864 and was replaced there by her sister ship-of-the-line USS New Hampshire.
caption: Vermont at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1898.
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