Caption:infobox ship career

{{Infobox Ship Career |Hide header= |Ship country=US |Ship flag={{USN flag|1865}} |Ship name=USS ''Nightingale'' |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship ordered=as ''Nightingale'' |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=1851 |Ship launched=c1851 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=18 August 1861 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned=20 June 1864 |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship refit= |Ship struck=1865 |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean, 17 April 1893 |Ship status= |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }}