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Tinclad
The Union Navy used tinclad warships during the American Civil War. These vessels were generally converted civilian ships, although a few were purpose-built for the United States War Department; some had formerly been in Confederate States of America, Confederate service. Conversion of civilian steamboats into tinclad warships included arming the vessels, adding a wooden casemate, and armoring portions of the vessel. Compared to ironclad warships, tinclads were cheaper, required smaller crews, and could enter shallower water due to their light draft (nautical), drafts. While tinclads were poorly suited to engage heavy artillery or other warships, they were better equipped to combat small groups of enemy soldiers. Tinclads were frequently used for escort and patrol duties, and sometimes provided naval support for other military actions. A total of 74 saw service during the war. Background During the American Civil War, the control of the rivers of the United States of America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Marmora (1862)
USS ''Marmora'' was a sternwheel steamer that served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War. Built in 1862 at Monongahela, Pennsylvania, as a civilian vessel, she was purchased for military service on September 17 and converted into a tinclad warship. Commissioned on October 21, the vessel served on the Yazoo River beginning the next month. She encountered Confederate naval mines on the Yazoo on December 11, and was present the next day when the ironclad USS ''Cairo'' was sunk by two mines. After further service on the Yazoo during the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou in late December, ''Marmora'' was assigned in January 1863 to a fleet that was preparing to operate against Confederate Fort Hindman, but was not present when the fort surrendered on January 11. From February to April, ''Marmora'' participated in the Yazoo Pass expedition, and in June burned and destroyed the settlements of Eunice and Gaines Landing, Arkansas, after Union vessels w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinclad Warship
The Union Navy used tinclad warships during the American Civil War. These vessels were generally converted civilian ships, although a few were purpose-built for the United States War Department; some had formerly been in Confederate service. Conversion of civilian steamboats into tinclad warships included arming the vessels, adding a wooden casemate, and armoring portions of the vessel. Compared to ironclad warships, tinclads were cheaper, required smaller crews, and could enter shallower water due to their light drafts. While tinclads were poorly suited to engage heavy artillery or other warships, they were better equipped to combat small groups of enemy soldiers. Tinclads were frequently used for escort and patrol duties, and sometimes provided naval support for other military actions. A total of 74 saw service during the war. Background During the American Civil War, the control of the rivers of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Alfred Robb
USS ''Alfred Robb'' was a stern wheel steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate rivers and other waterways. Operating as a Confederate transport ''Alfred Robb'' – a wooden-hulled, stern-wheel steamboat built at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1860 – operated on the Ohio River and the other navigable streams of the Mississippi watershed system until acquired by the Confederate Government at some now-unknown date during the first year of the Civil War for use as a transport. Capturing ''Alfred Robb'' on the Tennessee River Reconnaissance probes up the Tennessee River by Federal gunboats had convinced leaders of the Union Navy in the area that Southern forces had destroyed this vessel after the fall of Fort Henry, lest she fall into Northern hands. Nevertheless, ''Alfred Robb'' remained safe and active until Lieutenant William Gwin – who command ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Signal (1862)
USS ''Signal'' – a small 190-ton steamship – was acquired during the second year of the American Civil War by the Union Navy and outfitted as a gunboat. She also served other types of duty, such as that of dispatch vessel and convoy escort. Service history The first ship to be named ''Signal'' by the Navy—a wooden-hulled, stern-wheel steamer built in 1862 at Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia)—was purchased by the U.S. Navy on 22 September 1862 at Saint Louis, Missouri. Although no record of her commissioning has been found, it is known that she was in operation on 22 October 1862, when she departed Carondelet, Missouri and headed down the Mississippi River to join in the campaign against the Confederate river fortress at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Acting Volunteer Lieutenant John Scott was mentioned as her commanding officer in an order issued on 14 November and presumably commanded the ship from the start of her service. ''Signal's'' first weeks were devoted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
