The first Hatteras was purchased in 1861, served during the American Civil War and she was sunk by Alabama in January 1863.
The second Hatteras was purchased in 1917, served as a cargo ship in World War I and decommissioned in 1919.
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The first USSHatteras was a United States Navy gunboat during the American Civil War.
During the remainder of 1862 she was assigned to intercept blockade runners along the Gulf coast and successfully captured several Confederate steamers and sailing vessels including the Poody which was taken as a prize and renamed USSHatteras Jr.
On 11 January 1863 Hatteras encountered the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama under Captain Raphael Semmes flying the British flag (an acceptable practice under the law of the sea at the time) and indicating that she was HMS Spitfire.
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