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USS American (1861)

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and most of her consorts sailed for Port Royal on the 10th and 11th. There, Flag Officer DuPont decided that these ships could be put to good use as obstructions in the main channel in
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on 20 November 1861, and was intentionally sunk as an obstruction to shipping in the main channel of the harbor of
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Treasures of the Confederate Coast: the "real Rhett Butler" & Other Revelations
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on 20 December 1861. This ship has sometimes been recorded as
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was sunk in the main channel there on 20 December 1861.
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Originally planned to have been sunk in the harbor of
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Index

USS American
Whaler
Bark
bark
whaler
Stone Fleet
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Charleston, South Carolina
Savannah, Georgia
Union Army
Port Royal, South Carolina
Tybee Island
Fort Pulaski
Charleston Harbor
Spence, Dr. E. Lee
ISBN
9781886391017
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1861
Enchantress
Monarch
Witchcraft
USS Columbus
USS Delaware
USS Germantown

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