CSS/USS Diana-- Part 1 Served Both Navies

From Wikipedia.  Listed under USS Diana, which it was for a short time.

Not much is known about this ship in regards to any general characteristics other than she was a sidewheel steam propelled vessel.

Laid down and launched are not known.  In service for Union Navy November 1862.  Out of service 28 March 1863.

Captured:  By Union forces  27 April 1862.  Fate:  recaptured by Confederate forces, 28 March 1863.

The USS Diana (1862) was a captured Confederate steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy in prize court and then began a career as a blockader for awhile.

--Old B-Runner