USS Covington was an ironclad gunboat purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was assigned as a simple gunboat with powerful rifled...
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USS Covington may refer to: USS Covington (1863), a side wheel steamer, purchased by the Union during the American Civil War USS Covington (ID-1409), a...
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Covington, Washington Fort Covington, New York Port Covington, a former cargo terminal in Baltimore, Maryland USS Covington (1863), a side-wheel steamer,...
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cancelled. USS Kentucky (SSBN-737), an Ohio-class "Trident" submarine. There have also been 9 Naval ships named for cities in Kentucky USS Covington (1863), a...
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The first USS Undine was a "tinclad" steamer in the United States Navy in 1864, during the American Civil War. She was captured on 30 October and put...
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CV-28/CVL-28/AVT-3) USS Cabrilla (SS-288/AGSS-288) USS Cacapon (AO-52) USS Cachalot (SS-33, SS-170) USS Cache (AO-67/T-AOT-67) USS Cacique (ID-2213) USS Cactus (1863) USS Caddo...
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USS Tecumseh was a Canonicus-class monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Although intended for forthcoming operations...
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Confederates to cross the river. She and her consorts USS Champion, USS Queen City, USS Covington, and USS Argosy also carried Army troops to Linden, Tennessee...
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CSS Alabama (redirect from Battle of the CSS Alabama and the USS Kearsarge)
Mexico. There, in January 1863, Alabama had her first military engagement. She came upon and quickly sank the Union side-wheeler USS Hatteras just off the...
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USS Bazely (also designated Tug No. 2 and Beta) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy...
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USS Narcissus was a screw steamer launched in July 1863 as Mary Cook at East Albany, N.Y. It was purchased by the Union Navy in New York City on September...
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she reached USS Covington and Army transport John Warner some four more miles below. Signal rounded to and made fast to the stern of Covington, and both...
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station outside the bar. On 29 January 1863, her boats, aided by those of USS Augusta, USS G. W. Blunt, and USS America, boarded and refloated the iron...
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USS Argosy was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a supply ship and gunboat in support...
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USS Otsego was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy...
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22 Apr: USS Petrel 26 Apr: Homer 30 Apr: Grecian 5 May: USS Covington 5 May: USS Signal 6 May: USS Commodore Jones 7 May: CSS Roanoke 7 May: USS Shawsheen...
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H. L. Hunley (submarine) (category 1863 ships)
(2020). Wikimedia Commons has media related to H. L. Hunley (submarine, 1863). USS Alligator (1862) – U. S. Navy submarine launched a year before Hunley...
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patrol and dispatch vessel. Union steamer USS Howquah discovered new and fast sidewheeler Ella 10 November 1863 steaming along the coast north of Fort Fisher...
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USS Queen City was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a gunboat and assigned to patrol navigable...
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CSS Albemarle (redirect from USS Albemarle (1865))
encountered a flotilla of eight Union warships, including USS Miami, USS Mattabesett, USS Sassacus, and USS Wyalusing, in what would become known as the Battle...
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run ashore just abreast of Fort Fisher. On 21 October 1863, she assisted USS Nansemond and USS Niphon in destroying blockade runner Venus. Christmas Eve...
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Affair (1863–64) as a "fresh reinforcement from the south" in the search and capture of the U.S.S Chesapeake. On the evening of 26 February 1863, armed...
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USS Southfield was a double-ended, sidewheel steam gunboat of the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was sunk in action against the Confederate...
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The third USS Water Witch was a wooden-hulled, sidewheel gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She is best known as the ship...
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river transport City Belle at Wilson's Landing, helped destroy the USS Covington and USS Signal, and fought at Mansura and Yellow Bayou. The battery surrendered...
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USS Brandywine (formerly named Susquehanna) was a wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate of the United States Navy bearing 44 guns which had the initial...
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attack by Commander Napoleon Collins, of the U.S. Navy steam sloop-of-war USS Wachusett. Towed to sea, she was sent to the United States as a prize, despite...
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She was fitted with a spar torpedo instead of an iron ram and was built in 1863–1864 by the Confederate States Navy at Wilmington, North Carolina. While...
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USS Commodore Jones was a ferryboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Ferryboats were of great value, since, because of their...
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In October 1863, she was assigned to patrol the Tennessee River and remained there until the following year. In April 1864, Tawah, USS Paw Paw, Key...
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