USS Red Rover

USS Red Rover

USS Red Rover was a 650-ton Confederate States of America steamer that the United States Navy captured. After refitting the vessel, the Union used it as a hospital ship during the American Civil War. It became U.S. Navy’s first hospital ship.

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