YADKIN

StGbt:
1 or 2 guns variously

YADKIN, "a wooden propeller steamer of about 300 tons" was built at 
Wilmington, N.C., in 1863-64. Under the command of Lt. Comdr. W. A. 
Kerr, CSN, and as flagship for Commodore W. F. Lynch, she operated in 
that locale as late as 20 December 1864 when she was

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ordered to carry reinforcements to Battery Buchanan. YADKIN was burned 
by the Confederates at the fall of Wilmington in February 1865.

YANKEE, see JACKSON

YAZOO

SwStr:
t. 371

The first-class steamboat YAZOO transported Confederate troops and 
provisions on western waters until 7 April 1862 when she was left behind 
during the evacuation of Island No. 10. Seized by Union forces, she was 
later sunk by order of Commodore Foote.

YORK RIVER, see TEASER

YORKTOWN, see PATRICK HENRY

YOUNALASKA, see JUNALUSKA

YOUNG, see WILLIAM H. YOUNG

YOUNG AMERICA

StTug:
t. 173

YOUNG AMERICA of Norfolk, Va., went out to aid the distressed schooner 
GEORGE M. SMITH off Fortress Monroe on 24 April 1861 but was captured by 
USS CUMBERLAND and placed in Union service.

YOUNG MERRIMACK, see RICHMOND

YOUNG VIRGINIA, see RICHMOND