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1430:Baron DeKalb
1429:
1416:
1404:
1391:
1378:
1365:
1352:
1340:
1327:
1314:
1301:
1288:
1276:
1264:
1251:
1238:
1226:
1214:
1201:
1188:
1175:
1163:
1150:
1137:
1124:
1111:
1098:
1085:
1072:
1060:J. A. Cotton
1059:
1046:
1033:
1020:
1018:
1007:
943:William Tell
942:
935:
929:St. Nicholas
928:
921:
914:
907:
900:
893:
886:
879:
872:
865:
858:
851:
844:
826:
820:Guadalquiver
819:
812:
792:
791:
785:
778:
771:
764:
746:
739:
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659:Rhode Island
658:
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631:Morro Castle
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623:
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380:
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316:Flag Officer
313:
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296:
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220:in command.
205:
204:
190:
188:
187:
156:Steam engine
123:(835 t)
116:Displacement
85:January 1862
82:Commissioned
67:
29:
1925:1860s ships
1289:Anglo Saxon
1277:Ada Hancock
1189:Mississippi
1176:Rattlesnake
1099:Isaac Smith
894:Ocean Queen
747:Sweepstakes
740:N.B. Palmer
645:Ocean Queen
603:Gold Hunter
439:Westfield's
381:Henry Janes
342:Baton Rouge
323:New Orleans
280:Confederate
254:Mississippi
245:Westfield's
198:during the
1874:Categories
1810:Chesapeake
1642:USRC
1507:Bainbridge
995:Shipwrecks
936:West Point
694:Washington
561:Chesapeake
546:Steamships
482:References
471:Union Navy
429:Westfield.
421:Bayou City
276:St. Philip
152:Propulsion
1796:HMS
1783:USS
1770:HMS
1757:HMS
1744:HMS
1733:Pervenets
1719:HMS
1706:USS
1693:USS
1680:USS
1618:Beejapore
1582:Weehawken
1580:USS
1531:USS
1505:USS
1479:USS
1466:USS
1441:USS
1428:USS
1403:USS
1390:USS
1364:CSS
1339:USS
1326:USS
1313:USS
1300:USS
1263:USS
1252:Alligator
1250:USS
1215:Lancaster
1213:USS
1202:Georgiana
1200:CSS
1187:USS
1164:Indianola
1162:USS
1151:Indianola
1149:USS
1136:USS
1123:HMS
1110:USS
1097:USS
1084:USS
1071:USS
1045:USS
1032:USS
1021:Westfield
1019:USS
922:St. Denis
852:Baltimore
793:Westfield
687:St. Louis
624:Louisiana
358:Westfield
331:Westfield
327:Westfield
308:Westfield
295:CSS
291:Westfield
268:Westfield
260:Pensacola
229:Westfield
206:Westfield
191:Westfield
121:long tons
68:Westfield
1785:Camanche
1746:Warspite
1667:SS
1073:Columbia
1047:Columbia
1034:Hatteras
880:Mediator
813:Eusiyama
772:Kankakee
765:Brooklyn
673:Saratoga
596:Humboldt
589:Franklin
568:Columbia
449:See also
414:and the
390:flagship
297:Defiance
283:gunboats
175:Dahlgren
162:Armament
74:Acquired
1780:15 Nov:
1767:30 Oct:
1759:Malacca
1754:14 Oct:
1703:14 Jul:
1695:Choctaw
1690:28 May:
1682:Wyoming
1677:10 May:
1664:28 Feb:
1606:Montana
1602:30 Dec:
1594:Hooghly
1590:10 Dec:
1557:Blossom
1553:19 Oct:
1541:15 Oct:
1528:11 Oct:
1502:21 Aug:
1489:18 Aug:
1476:17 Aug:
1468:Paw Paw
1451:20 Jul:
1438:14 Jul:
1425:13 Jul:
1405:Sumpter
1400:24 Jun:
1392:Atlanta
1387:17 Jun:
1361:c. May:
1349:30 May:
1336:28 May:
1323:27 May:
1310:18 May:
1297:27 Apr:
1285:27 Apr:
1273:27 Apr:
1235:c. Mar:
1227:Absalom
1223:29 Mar:
1210:25 Mar:
1197:19 Mar:
1184:14 Mar:
1172:28 Feb:
1159:25 Feb:
1146:24 Feb:
1138:Kinsman
1133:23 Feb:
1125:Orpheus
1094:30 Jan:
1081:23 Jan:
1068:17 Jan:
1055:15 Jan:
1042:14 Jan:
1029:11 Jan:
1008:Neptune
887:Mercury
719:Contest
666:Roanoke
652:Orizaba
638:Niagara
617:Hermann
416:gunboat
411:Neptune
406:tugboat
398:sandbar
375:Clifton
110:gunboat
39:History
1858:1864 →
1851:← 1862
1818:8 Dec:
1806:7 Dec:
1793:3 Dec:
1741:6 Aug:
1729:6 Aug:
1721:Racoon
1708:Antona
1639:1 Jan:
1577:6 Dec:
1569:Curlew
1565:5 Nov:
1533:Madgie
1494:Oconee
1481:Crocus
1463:6 Aug:
1443:Sciota
1413:6 Jul:
1374:5 Jun:
1302:Preble
1265:Keokuk
1260:8 Apr:
1247:2 Apr:
1120:7 Feb:
1107:7 Feb:
1016:1 Jan:
1004:1 Jan:
901:Oneida
786:Ottawa
779:Otsego
733:Hornet
726:Eureka
680:Sonora
575:Cortes
491:
378:, and
369:Owasco
128:Length
1830:Unkn:
1614:Unkn:
1379:Stono
1112:Glide
915:Rhine
610:Havre
582:Eagle
554:Arago
350:Texas
144:Draft
107:Steam
1798:Ajax
1716:Jul:
1669:Aden
1652:Feb:
1518:CSS
1492:CSS
1377:CSS
1341:Lily
1058:CSS
827:Hope
504:here
274:and
257:and
189:USS
136:Beam
119:822
103:Type
90:Fate
66:USS
63:Name
1366:Ivy
419:CS
409:CS
239:'s
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366:,
202:.
978:e
971:t
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533:e
526:t
519:v
506:.
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