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succeeded in ramming her, ripping a hole in her keel, piercing her boiler, and leaving her in a sinking condition. Challenged "Surrender or I'll sink you,"
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523:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
376:s officers and crew and sped off to attack
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273:in West Pass. There she destroyed the
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559:Gunboats of the United States Navy
439:North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
405:Hardly captured before abandoned,
330:South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
287:captured Apalachicola on 3 April.
147:12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
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16:Gunboat of the United States Navy
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279:St. Vincent Island, Florida
217:Attack on the U.S. Gunboat
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253:Gulf Blockading Squadron
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385:Quaker City
275:Confederate
267:to relieve
251:joined the
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564:1861 ships
538:Categories
506:References
500:brigantine
469:man-of-war
427:California
199:Union Navy
165:11.5
152:Propulsion
492:Mercedita
473:Mercedita
457:Mercedita
431:Aspinwall
407:Mercedita
371:Mercedita
367:Mercedita
359:Mercedita
316:schooners
307:captured
305:Mercedita
289:Mercedita
261:Mercedita
249:Mercedita
242:Commander
230:Mercedita
219:Mercedita
186:Mercedita
63:Mercedita
32:Mercedita
488:en route
477:Kingston
459:went to
351:ironclad
319:Victoria
297:Whitmore
293:Magnolia
284:Sagamore
238:New York
234:Brooklyn
174:Armament
69:Launched
481:Jamaica
391:Augusta
346:Chicora
312:Bermuda
301:Florida
197:in the
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191:steamer
114:Gunboat
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435:Panama
270:Marion
128:Length
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162:Speed
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