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USS Polaris, originally called the America, was an 1864-screw steamer procured by the Union Navy as USS Periwinkle during the final months of the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy's struggle against the Confederate States as a gunboat. After the war, the ship was retained by the U.S. Navy. She was renamed Polaris in 1871 and became the designated vessel of the Hall scientific expedition to the North Pole. It was on this voyage that she proceeded into Arctic waters, only to have her hull crushed by the ice in October 1872.

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  • USS Polaris, originally called the America, was an 1864-screw steamer procured by the Union Navy as USS Periwinkle during the final months of the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy's struggle against the Confederate States as a gunboat. After the war, the ship was retained by the U.S. Navy. She was renamed Polaris in 1871 and became the designated vessel of the Hall scientific expedition to the North Pole. It was on this voyage that she proceeded into Arctic waters, only to have her hull crushed by the ice in October 1872. (en)
  • USS Periwinkle (1864) foi um navio a vapor adquirido pela durante os meses finais da Guerra de Secessão. Serviu à Marinha contra os Estados Confederados da América como um navio patrulha. Depois da guerra o navio foi retido pela Marinha dos Estados Unidos para auxiliar a Expedição Científica Hall ao Oceano Ártico, sob o nome de Polaris ao entrar nas águas do Ártico teve seu casco danificado e esmagado pelo gelo. (pt)
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