Ships
of the
U.S. Navy
The Civil War
1865
INDEX - 1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865 - TOP
Ocean-going Ships Purchased and Armed: |
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Ship |
Type |
Tonnage |
Armament |
|
Azalea |
Screw
tug |
176 |
1-30#R,
1-20#R |
|
Trefoil |
Screw
tug |
156370 |
1-30#R,
1-12#H |
|
Yucca |
Screw
tug |
195370 |
1-30#R,
1-12#H |
|
Arizona
(II) |
Side
wheeler |
285206 |
2-30#R,
2-24#H, 2-12#H |
|
Azalea
sold out in 1865, Arizona wrecked 1867, Trefoil and Yucca retained as
unarmed tugs. |
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Captured Ships Taken into Service: |
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Ship |
Type |
Tonnage |
Armament
/ (Capturing Ship) |
|
Albemarle |
Ironclad ram |
? |
2-8” (raised and added to Navy) |
|
Texas |
Ironclad ram |
? |
Taken at Richmond |
|
Wasp |
Side wheeler |
521 |
1-30#R, 2-24#H |
|
Stonewall |
Ironclad ram |
? |
Turned over by Spain |
|
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River Steamers Purchased, Armored as Tinclads, and
Armed: |
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Ship |
Type |
Tonnage |
Armament |
|
Mist |
|
232 |
2-20#R, 4-24#H, 2-12#R |
|
Tempest |
|
161 |
2-30#R, 2-20#R, 2-24#H |
|
Sold
out of service in 1865. |
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Losses: |
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All
the purchased ships sold out as noted above; also all of the
double-enders, as noted, Onondaga, Dunderberg, and captured ships. |
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Ship |
Type |
Notes |
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Sciota |
90-day
gunboat |
Torpedoed in Mobile Bay |
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Itasca |
90-day
gunboat |
Torpedoed in Mobile Bay |
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Pequot |
Gunboat |
Condemned
as rotten |
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Patapsco |
Monitor |
Torpedoed in Charleston harbor |
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Osage |
River
monitor |
Torpedoed in Blakeley River |
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Milwaukee |
Monitor |
Torpedoed
in Blakely River |
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Commodore
MacDonough |
Armed
steamer |
Foundered
at sea |
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Black
Hawk |
Tinclad |
Destroyed
in accidental explosion |
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Althea |
Armed
steamer |
Torpedoed
in Blakely River |
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Dai
Ching |
Armed
steamer |
Wrecked
in Combahee River |
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Harvest
Moon |
Armed
steamer |
Torpedoed
off Georgetown, S.C. |
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Anna |
Armed
schooner |
Wrecked
on Florida Coast |
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Arizona |
Armed
steamer |
Accidentally
burned |
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Merrimac |
Armed
steamer |
Foundered
at sea |
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Rodolph |
Tinclad |
Torpedoed
in Blakely River |
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Rose |
Armed
tug |
Torpedoed
in Mobile Bay |
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Also
sold out of service or broken up were Colorado, Crusader, Mystic, North
Carolina, Perry, Pocahontas, Portsmouth, Richmond, St. Louis, San Jacinto,
Santee, Saratoga, and Wyandotte. |
INDEX - 1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865 - TOP
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