to the head of the Tennessee River. On November 4, 1864 Elfin was operating with USS Tawah and USS Key West in the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. After...

USS Elfin has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Elfin (1864), a gunboat commissioned in February 1864 and...

(AGC-11/LCC-11) USS Eldridge (DE-173) USS Eleanor (SP-677) USS Electra (1843, AK-21/AKA-4, WPC-187) USS Electron (AG-146/AKS-27) USS Elf (SP-81) USS Elfin (1864, SP-965)...

pressure wave damaging their lungs and brains. On February 20, 1864, Capt. Joseph W. Green of the USS Canandaigua surveyed the wreck and observed that the ship's...

patrol vessel on Confederate waterways, only to be sunk, along with USS Elfin and USS Key West by Confederate shore batteries. Tawah (Gunboat No. 29)—a...

Europe. On June 11, 1864, the Alabama arrived at Cherbourg, France, where she was overhauled. Shortly after, a Union sloop-of-war, USS Kearsarge, arrived;...

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 she was...

USS Aster was a steam operated tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways...

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 in...

group of six steamers that came to the aid of the gunboats USS Key West, USS Tawah, and USS Elfin who were heavily engaged with Confederate artillery on shore...

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...

against an enemy target on the night of 17 February 1864. The target was United States Navy ship, USS Housatonic, a 1,240-long-ton (1,260 t) wooden-hulled...

USS Philippi was a blockade runner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy’s struggle against the Confederate...

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...

USS Brandywine (formerly named Susquehanna) was a wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate of the United States Navy bearing 44 guns which had the initial...

and patrol vessel on Confederate waterways, only to be sunk, along with Elfin and Tawah by Confederate shore batteries. Key West was built in 1862 at...

February 1864, Confederate forces attacked New Bern and captured the gunboat USS Underwriter. On the first day of March, Southfield and tinclad USS Whitehead...

USS Tecumseh was a Canonicus-class monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Although intended for forthcoming operations...

USS Annie was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a ship's tender in support of the...

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...

seventh HMS Enterprise of the Royal Navy was an armoured sloop launched in 1864 at Deptford Dockyard. Originally laid down as a wooden screw sloop of the...

Bombshell was captured at the Battle of Albemarle Sound by USS Mattabesett and USS Sassacus on May 5, 1864 and sent to New York City.  This article incorporates...

Black and Ouachita Rivers. Soon after, on 8 March 1864, USS Conestoga was sunk in a collision with USS General Price.  This article incorporates text from...

USS Rattler 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 Confederate...

USS Peterhoff was a British ship captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Condemned as a blockade runner, she served the Union Navy's...

USS Lavender was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a tugboat. Lavender, a tug built at Philadelphia...

Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. Guide to the Log of the USS Courier, 1863-1864 MS 76 held by Special Collection & Archives, Nimitz Library at the...

Brazil, at night on October 4, 1864, after a sixty-one day cruise. Unknown to the Confederates, the Union sloop-of-war USS Wachusett was nearby, under Commander...

commissioned. The acquisition of Meteor was not formalized until January 23, 1864. Palucka 2017, p. 73. Gudmestad 2021, p. 92. Silverstone 1989, p. 166. Smith...

found Union service here and Confederate service here. USS Clifton (1862–1863), CSS Clifton (1863–1864) Daniel D. T. Nestell Papers (Acting Assistant Surgeon...