USS Cohasset (1860)  USS "Cohasset" (1860) was a tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy for various purposes: as a tugboat, dispatch vessel, escort vessel, and even as a gunboat. "Cohasset" — a tug originally called "E. D. Fogg" and later "Narragansett" — was built in 1860 at Providence, Rhode Island; purchased by the Navy on 13 September 1861; outfitted at New York Navy Yard; delivered at Hampton Roads, Virginia on 26 October 1861; and assigned to duty with the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Pilot Thomas Evans in command. From 26 October 1861-July 1864, "Cohasset" sailed in the Norfolk, Virginia, area and in the rivers of Virginia as a picket and dispatch boat, carried mail and supplies, towed coal barges, acted as guard for , and shared in the fighting in the York, James, and Nansemond Rivers. Ordered to Beaufort, North Carolina in July 1864, "Cohasset" was used for harbor defense and towing until 1 October 1864, when she returned to Norfolk for duty towing coal barges in the James River. "Cohasset" arrived at Boston Navy Yard on 1 June 1865. She served as yard tug there until 1882, when she was transferred to Newport, Rhode Island. "Cohasset" was sold on 9 May 1892 at Newport, Rhode Island.