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to her list of names. Well into the autumn, most of the tug's attentionâand that of the other warships within the soundsâwas concentrated upon the
Confederate ironclad. Then, suddenly, on the night of October 27, Lt. William B. Cushing put an end to that menace by his courageous ascent of the Roanoke
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to lend assistance, but herself struck a torpedo (mine) whose explosion killed two men and caused the tug to sink. The surviving ships of the expedition continued upstream, but the necessity of dragging for torpedoes (mines) slowed their progress, a delay that allowed the
Southerners to reinforce
465:. Nevertheless, she did not get the opportunity to carry this new name for long, if at all. More weighty matters than name changes seemed to be occupying the leaders of the Navy in the North Carolina sounds. Besides consolidating the Union position in the wake of
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December 9, an expedition under his command started to move farther up the Roanoke from Plymouth to capture Rainbow Bluff and to destroy the reported ram. That evening, however, the double-ender
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Rainbow Bluff. Since Union troopsâwho were scheduled to cooperate with the gunboatsâdid not arrive to support the attack, Macomb decided on
December 20 to withdraw his ships. They arrived back at Jamesville on
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215:, by the U.S. Navy on June 3, 1864 to support other Union warships in all the varied ways in which tugs assist larger ships. These vessels were also needed to help protect Northern men of war and
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destruction, Comdr. Macomb, the senior naval officer in the area, felt concern over the report of another
Confederate ironclad rumored under construction up the Roanoke River at
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against her hull. His daring feat freed Union naval forces in the sounds to undertake operations that would strengthen their hold on North
Carolina and cleared the way for
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504:and carried out the task of destroying
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103:General characteristics
98:Scuttled, December 1864
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108:Displacement
82:June 3, 1864
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25:
1410:Water Witch
1164:Mary Bowers
1013:Alvin Clark
937:Marchioness
648:Underwriter
467:Albemarle's
380:to destroy
246:Albemarle's
196:waterways.
194:Confederate
190:patrol boat
180:during the
1821:1863 ships
1785:Categories
1745:Kingfisher
1627:Enterprise
1612:HDMS
1588:John Bowes
1576:Mound City
1189:Brandywine
1128:James Funk
1026:Queen City
913:Invercauld
799:Southfield
749:Maple Leaf
737:Kingfisher
661:Housatonic
584:Shipwrecks
516:References
335:Monticello
310:, she and
255:Southfield
240:Housatonic
217:Union Army
178:Union Navy
140:Propulsion
21:USS Bazely
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1701:CSS
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1511:USS
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1473:USS
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1049:USS
1024:USS
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973:USS
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307:Nansemond
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1449:Savannah
1436:Isondiga
1384:Resolute
1267:Key West
1202:Antelope
1152:Adriatic
1090:Tecumseh
1077:Philippi
975:Lavender
762:Eastport
610:Iron Age
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433:through
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1721:Eclipse
1716:20 Oct:
1703:Florida
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1622:13 Aug:
1609:14 Jul:
1571:10 May:
1558:17 Feb:
1513:Monarch
1508:c. Dec:
1496:c. Dec:
1488:Rattler
1483:30 Dec:
1470:30 Dec:
1457:24 Dec:
1444:21 Dec:
1431:21 Dec:
1423:Georgia
1418:21 Dec:
1405:19 Dec:
1392:14 Dec:
1379:12 Dec:
1332:Florida
1327:28 Nov:
1314:11 Nov:
1236:27 Oct:
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1197:23 Sep:
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1124:11 Aug:
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909:10 May:
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836:Grecian
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820:26 Apr:
807:22 Apr:
794:19 Apr:
782:18 Apr:
770:15 Apr:
757:15 Apr:
732:28 Mar:
724:Clifton
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694:27 Feb:
681:22 Feb:
669:17 Feb:
656:17 Feb:
618:15 Jan:
605:10 Jan:
597:Grafton
270:became
251:gunboat
186:tugboat
174:steamer
111:50 tons
47:History
1769:1865 â
1762:â 1863
1698:7 Oct:
1686:5 Oct:
1673:1 Sep:
1665:Avalon
1661:1 Sep:
1653:Urgent
1640:Grille
1584:9 Jun:
1397:Bombay
1371:Otsego
1366:9 Dec:
1358:Bazely
1353:9 Dec:
1340:7 Dec:
1301:5 Nov:
1293:Undine
1288:4 Nov:
1275:4 Nov:
1262:4 Nov:
1249:4 Nov:
1223:7 Oct:
1184:3 Sep:
1176:Houqua
1116:Violet
1111:8 Aug:
1098:7 Aug:
1085:5 Aug:
1072:5 Aug:
1064:Gaines
1059:5 Aug:
1051:Undine
962:Daring
958:1 Jun:
896:7 May:
883:7 May:
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857:5 May:
844:5 May:
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745:1 Apr:
706:6 Mar:
686:Linden
643:2 Feb:
630:1 Feb:
593:3 Jan:
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510:Bazely
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1533:Unkn:
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1319:Tulip
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364:Ceres
354:lest
313:Belle
124:Draft
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1596:Jun:
774:Emma
538:here
506:Beta
489:Beta
463:Beta
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417:USS
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323:Hoyt
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168:and
159:USS
116:Beam
95:Fate
74:1863
37:USS
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