Warships of the Civil War Navies |
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12 knots Complement 63 total aground Armament Armor attack on Ft Battle of Memphis beam engine Bldr Built Acquired Bldr Philadelphia Blockade runner Bombardment of Ft Brooklyn Built 1863 Acquired Burned to prevent Captured by USS Charleston Confederate CSS Arkansas Decomm details see USS Engaged batteries Engagement with CSS Fisher gunboat guns Hampton Roads Iron hull ironclad James River knots Complement Later history Machinery Martin Holbrook Collection Merchant Mississippi Sqn Mobile Bay Name Bldr Built NAtlBS Naval Historical Center Norfolk Orleans Port Royal Potomac Flotilla prevent capture Prizes Red River Renamed Roanoke SAtIBS SAtlBS Schooner screw Second attack SERVICE RECORD Side wheels side-wheel steamer sloop Sold 17 Aug spar torpedo Stern wheel Sunk Tonnage tons Dimensions Transport U.S. Naval Historical Unsuccessful attack vertical beam engine vessels Vicksburg WGulfBS Yazoo River