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{{other ships|USS Union}}
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The second '''USS ''Union''''' was a [[schooner]] that served in the [[United States Navy]] briefly during the [[Mexican–American War|Mexican War]].
''Union'' was serving as a Mexican schooner when the U.S. Navy [[Steamboat|steam]] [[Propeller|screw]] [[corvette]] {{USS|Princeton|1843|6}} captured her off [[Tampico]], [[Mexico]], on 14 November 1846. She entered U.S. Navy service later that month with [[Lieutenant]] [[John Ancrum Winslow]] in command.
Poorly equipped, ''Union'' was wrecked on a [[reef]] off [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Veracruz]], Mexico, on 16 December 1846.
== References ==
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/u/union-ii.html}}
== See also ==
* [[John Ancrum Winslow]]
* [[Mexican–American War]]
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