USS Monarch was a United States Army sidewheel ram that saw service in the American Civil War as part of the United States Ram Fleet and the Mississippi...
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Alfred W. Ellet. He commanded the ram ships USS Queen of the West, USS Switzerland, USS Lancaster and USS Monarch during the brown-water navy battle for control...
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USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England. Housatonic was launched on...
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boiler, disabling her, and she was then pushed aground by the Federal ram USS Monarch and captured. Subsequently, repaired and taken into the Union Navy, she...
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flotilla approached Confederate forces, the Queen of the West and the USS Monarch steamed ahead of Davis' gunboats. The Queen of the West rammed and sank...
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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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undersea warfare. She was the first combat submarine to sink a warship (USS Housatonic), although Hunley was not completely submerged and, following...
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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is an American monster television series created by Chris Black and Matt Fraction and produced by Legendary Television. Based...
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The second USS Louisiana was a propeller-driven iron-hull steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Louisiana was built at Wilmington...
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CSS Alabama (redirect from Battle of the CSS Alabama and the USS Kearsarge)
France, where she was overhauled. Shortly after, a Union sloop-of-war, USS Kearsarge, arrived; and on June 19, the Battle of Cherbourg commenced outside...
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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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USS Conestoga was originally a civilian side-wheel towboat built at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in 1859. She was acquired by the U.S. Army in June 1861...
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ships: USS Avenger USS Dick Fulton USS Lancaster USS Lioness USS Mingo USS Monarch USS Queen of the West - flagship USS Samson USS Switzerland USS T. D...
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CSN. 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...
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HMS Monarch was the second of four Orion-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. She spent the bulk of her career assigned...
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21 Dec: CSS Savannah 24 Dec: USS Louisiana 30 Dec: USS Annie 30 Dec: USS Rattler c. Dec: J. M. Chapman c. Dec: USS Monarch Unkn: Carolina Unkn: Duke of...
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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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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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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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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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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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the First Battle of Memphis as captain of USS Queen of the West with Alfred W. in command of the USS Monarch. The Ellets had not coordinated a plan of...
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USS Eastport was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a convoy and patrol vessel on Confederate...
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21 Dec: CSS Savannah 24 Dec: USS Louisiana 30 Dec: USS Annie 30 Dec: USS Rattler c. Dec: J. M. Chapman c. Dec: USS Monarch Unkn: Carolina Unkn: Duke of...
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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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First Battle of Memphis as captain of USS Queen of the West with his brother Alfred W. in command of the USS Monarch. The Ellets had not coordinated a plan...
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21 Dec: CSS Savannah 24 Dec: USS Louisiana 30 Dec: USS Annie 30 Dec: USS Rattler c. Dec: J. M. Chapman c. Dec: USS Monarch Unkn: Carolina Unkn: Duke of...
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foreground USS Monarch ramming CSS Beauregard (Ex CSS) USS General Bragg, probably photographed at Cairo or Mound City, Illinois, circa 1862–63. (Ex CSS) USS General...
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West was rammed by CSS General Beauregard, while Sumter tried to ram USS Monarch, but in effect collided with General Beauregard Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia...
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21 Dec: CSS Savannah 24 Dec: USS Louisiana 30 Dec: USS Annie 30 Dec: USS Rattler c. Dec: J. M. Chapman c. Dec: USS Monarch Unkn: Carolina Unkn: Duke of...
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