However, when the Navy Yard was recaptured by the Union on 10 May 1862, she had not been moved and the Confederates scuttled her to avoid capture. She was again raised and her hulk sold at auction on 8 February 1864. See also Union Navy References External links George P. Ryan Journal of the U.S.S. Plymouth, 1860, MS 9 and George M. Bache Journal of the U.S.S. Plymouth, 1860, MS 10 held by Special Collections & Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy Mexican–American War ships of the United States Ships of the Union Navy Ships built in Boston Sloops of the United States Navy Gunboats of the United States Navy Training ships of the United States Navy 1844 ships Shipwrecks of the American Civil War Shipwrecks of the Virginia coast Ship fires Scuttled vessels Maritime incidents in April 1861 Vessels captured from the United States Navy Maritime incidents in May 1862