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had a top speed of about 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph), although this was reduced by a design flaw that resulted in the propeller being partially above water. When the water was not calm, the propeller would be out of the water entirely in the troughs of waves. Her commander thought that she
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to be taken from active service for a time. Kennard and his men were later returned to the
Savannah Squadron. During September, the transfer of more sailors to Charleston required another brief period of inactive status for
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was sent down St. Augustine Creek in order to protect a bridge and an area known as the
Wilmington Narrows, but returned to Elba Island when no Union encroachment there occurred. On February 23,
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and metal spikes, with bolts at the plank ends. The naval historian Donald L. Canney notes that this method of fastening was much more secure than that used for the larger
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was one of only two or three of these Maury gunboats actually completed, and the only one completed as designed. The Maury gunboats project had been almost entirely cancelled in favor of
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Wartime map of the St. Augustine Creek area. The
Savannah River is at the top of the map, with Wassaw Sound in the lower right. Causton's Bluff is circled in red in the upper left.
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approved construction of up to 100 vessels of a modified design in
December. As approved, the design called for vessels that were 106 feet (32 m) long, with a
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and had a nominal crew strength of 60. Her draft as completed was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm). For much of her service, she was armed with a 6.4-inch
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for training. Kennard noted that there were insufficient experienced men aboard to hold target practice. Kennard also had difficulties with the ship's
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injured the pilot and helmsman of the
Confederate vessel, and after a brief, lopsided fight in which the monitors fired a total of only five shots,
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and then defeat the other with close-range cannon fire; the naval historian Robert M. Browning describes this plan as "both daring and desperate".
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required more time to complete fitting out, and needed more officers before she could enter active service, Kennard also held the command of
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and be 10 inches (25 cm) across and 9 inches (23 cm) deep. The contract allowed for the frames to be made either of white oak or
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returned to
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from the island to the other bank of the river to provide an escape path from
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guarding the bridge, the Union did not interfere with the crossing. This crossing began late on
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was upriver on the
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had become, in the words of historian Maurice Melton, "almost a permanent part of the defenses at Causton's Bluff".
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ran aground and was burned by her crew on December 21 under orders from her commander, Lieutenant Hamilton Dalton.
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s design, Canney notes that she was "apparently the only Maury gunboat completed as designed". In calm water,
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steered well, except that when the ship was going in reverse "the rudder had no perceptible effect on her".
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down to Wassaw Sound for an attack against the blockade, but she suffered engine failure and ran aground.
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in order to cover both obstructions in the Savannah River and a river landing. On January 26,
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from entering Wassaw Sound, and after waiting for days, the Confederates gave up.
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486:Joel S. Kennard. On the morning of March 19,
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659:. In August, Kennard and over 50 of
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3090:Maritime incidents in December 1864
1378:. Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books.
560:. The rising tide eventually freed
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278:. While trying to escape herself,
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1393:Canney, Donald L. (2015).
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81:General characteristics
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2694:Water Witch
2448:Mary Bowers
2297:Alvin Clark
2221:Marchioness
1932:Underwriter
1805:Water Witch
1630:George Page
1525:A. B. Seger
1346:Melton 2012
1307:Melton 2012
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1038:Melton 2012
1026:Melton 2012
1011:Melton 2012
999:Canney 2015
947:Canney 2015
932:Canney 2015
908:Canney 2015
737:Elba Island
510:ran aground
476:fitting out
360:yellow pine
296:Confederate
234:ran aground
205:fitting out
171:during the
3069:Categories
3029:Kingfisher
2911:Enterprise
2896:HDMS
2872:John Bowes
2860:Mound City
2473:Brandywine
2412:James Funk
2310:Queen City
2197:Invercauld
2083:Southfield
2033:Maple Leaf
2021:Kingfisher
1945:Housatonic
1868:Shipwrecks
1686:Lady Davis
1644:Grand Duke
1567:Carondelet
1539:Appomattox
963:"Isondiga"
892:References
523:, and the
484:Lieutenant
406:smoothbore
308:Union Navy
209:Lieutenant
136:Complement
118:Propulsion
3003:HMS
2985:CSS
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2935:HMS
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2898:Dannebrog
2885:Liverpool
2883:HMS
2858:USS
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2746:Louisiana
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2731:CSS
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2170:CSS
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2133:Covington
2131:USS
2094:USS
2081:USS
2070:Bombshell
2044:USS
2019:USS
2006:USS
1995:Peterhoff
1993:USS
1968:USS
1943:USS
1930:USS
1917:USS
1892:USS
1798:Tuscarora
1679:Jamestown
1560:Bienville
792:captured
634:Weehawken
594:Weehawken
478:process.
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