USS Advance (1862)
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USS Advance, the second United States Navy ship to be so named, was later known as USS Frolic, and was originally the blockade runner Advance captured by the Union Navy during the latter part of the A
Advance (later USS Frolic) shortly after her capture by USS Santiago de Cuba in 1864
USS Frolic (formerly USS Advance) at Naples, Italy, ca. 1865–69
Blockade runner
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A blockade runner is a merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait. It is usually light and fast, using stealth and speed rather than confronting the blockaders in order to b
USS Advance (1862)
…the manufacture of uniforms for North Carolina troops in 1862 prompted incoming governor Zebulon B. Vance to propose that the state purchase its own blockade runner. With the assistance of British businessman Alexander Collie, Lord Clyde was purchased by the state of North Carolina and on 28 June 1863 she successfully…
American Civil War blockade runner USS Banshee, 1863
A Confederate blockade runner at anchor at St. George's, Bermuda
German Blockade Runner Badge