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89:Rammed and sunk, 6 June 1862
315:, both of the Ellet fleet.
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275:First Battle of Memphis
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605:Ocean Chief
383:Cottonclad
242:Fort Pillow
218:New Orleans
193:during the
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1493:Categories
1442:Bainbridge
1354:February:
1326:St Vincent
1200:Adirondack
1111:Livingston
987:Mound City
980:Germantown
973:Cincinnati
962:Carondelet
912:Washington
898:CSRC
746:Cumberland
685:Appomattox
546:Shipwrecks
323:References
267:Mound City
260:Cincinnati
206:Cincinnati
151:Propulsion
103:Side-wheel
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120:long tons
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187:ram ship
70:Acquired
62:Launched
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1400:Memphis
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1358:Vermont
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312:Monarch
246:Memphis
189:of the
115:Tonnage
33:History
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1380:Galena
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182:was a
168:, CSS
127:Length
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