USS King Philip (1845)
USS "King Philip" (1845) was a steamer acquired by the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a dispatch boat, providing various services. A commercial steamer seized by the Union Navy. "Powhatan" — a side-wheel steamer built in Baltimore, Maryland in 1845 by J. A. and E. T. Robinson — operated on the Potomac River out of Georgetown, D.C. Early in the Civil War, the Union Army seized the side wheeler on 21 April 1861 and transferred her to the United States Navy. Assigned to replace stolen buoys  in the Potomac. The next day, she entered the Washington Navy Yard to be fitted out for war service. A week later, Lieutenant John Glendy Sproston was ordered to take command of "Powhatan" and proceed to Kettle Bottom Shoals to replace and protect buoys there which had been removed by Confederate agents. Renamed USS "King Philip". After patrol duty in the Potomac River, helping to protect Washington, D.C. during the early months of the Civil War, "Powhatan" steamed to Baltimore, Maryland for repairs. She was renamed USS "King Philip" on 4 November. Civil War duties. Throughout the Civil War, "King  Philip" was used as a dispatch boat, shuttling mail, supplies, and passengers between Washington, D.C. and Union ships on the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers. In 1862 she served as a temporary home for the crew of the famous USS "Monitor" while they were waiting for their ship to be repaired and refitted. Post-war decommissioning and sale. "King Philip" was sold at auction to H. F. Harrill on 15 September 1865.