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    USS Advance, the second United States Navy ship to be so named, was later known as USS Frolic, and was originally the blockade runner Advance captured...
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  • States Navy have been named Advance. USS Advance (1847) – a brigantine used for an arctic rescue expedition USS Advance (1862) – also known as Frolic was...
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    USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned...
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  • USS Shenandoah was a wooden screw sloop of the United States Navy. Shenandoah was built by the Philadelphia Navy Yard and launched on 8 December 1862...
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    The first USS Lackawanna was a screw-propelled sloop-of-war in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was named after the Lackawanna River...
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    Southern ram's advance to Captain Melancton Smith, the senior Union Naval officer in the sounds. Smith in USS Mattabesett, followed by Sassacus, USS Wyalusing...
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    ships USS Hartford, USS Richmond, and Monongahela screening the smaller USS Albatross, USS Genesee, and USS Kineo from the forts, with steam frigate USS Mississippi...
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    with USS Lexington, Tyler bombarded Columbus until forced by a Confederate counterattack to cover the withdrawal of the Union troops. In February 1862, Tyler...
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    CSS Virginia (category 1862 ships)
    steam frigate USS Merrimack. Virginia was one of the participants in the Battle of Hampton Roads, opposing the Union's USS Monitor in March 1862. The battle...
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    USS Marmora was a sternwheel steamer that served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War. Built in 1862 at Monongahela, Pennsylvania...
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    portal navsource.org: USS Nahant Map of Wassaw Sound area Archived 2006-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Alvah Folsom Hunter Diary, 1862–1863 MS 256 held by...
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  • USS Alert was a 90 long tons (91 t) steamship named A. C. Powell purchased by the Union Navy during the first year of the American Civil War. A. C. Powell...
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  • The first USS Arizona was an iron-hulled, side-wheel merchant steamship. Seized by the Confederate States of America in 1862 during the American Civil...
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    The City-class ironclad USS Cincinnati was a stern-wheel casemate gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Cincinnati...
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    USS Hartford, USS Richmond, and USS Monongahela and the steam paddle frigate USS Mississippi. The gunboats were USS Albatross, USS Genesee, and USS Kineo...
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    (SS-60/SF-2) USS AA-3 (SS-61/SF-3) USS A. C. Powell (1861) USS A. Childs (1865) USS A. Collier (1864) USS A. D. Vance (1862) USS A. DeGroat (1863) USS A. G....
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    The first USS Mingo, a stern-wheel steamer built at California, Pennsylvania, in 1859 and used to tow coal barges, was purchased at Pittsburgh by Colonel...
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    pressed the assault. Union Army steamer USS Bombshell was sunk during the engagement, but by 9:00 PM, the Southern advance had been halted. Lieutenant Commander...
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    Battle of Drewry's Bluff (category 1862 in the American Civil War)
    the American Civil War. Four Union Navy warships, including the ironclads USS Monitor and Galena, and the United States Revenue Cutter Service's ironclad...
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    Battle of Fort Henry (category 1862 in the American Civil War)
    (flagship USS Cincinnati, USS Carondelet, USS St. Louis, and USS Essex) under Foote's direct command, and three timberclad gunboats (USS Conestoga, USS Tyler...
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    Battle of Hampton Roads (category 1862 in Virginia)
    most men were rescued by USS Rhode Island, but 16 went down with her when she sank in the early hours of December 31, 1862. The victory claims that were...
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    was commissioned in February 1862. On 10 February, she was briefly ordered to wait in New York City while the ironclad USS Monitor was completed, so that...
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    the CSS Advance that completed more than 20 successful runs before being captured. After its capture it was renamed USS Advance in 1864 and USS Frolic...
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  • USS A. Houghton – a 326 ton bark – was purchased during the beginning of the American Civil War by the Union Navy. A. Houghton served throughout the war...
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    view of the USS Maine wreck A starboardside view of the USS Maine wreck The largely destroyed bow of the USS Maine The stern of the USS Maine following...
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    CSS Palmetto State (category 1862 ships)
    Civil War. Completed in 1862, she defended Charleston, South Carolina and was burnt in 1865 to prevent her capture by advancing Union troops. The ship...
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    The first USS Lafayette was a side wheel steamer, converted to an ironclad ram, in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Lafayette was...
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    8–9, 1862), Virginia defeated wooden U.S. Navy ships blockading the harbor of Hampton Roads, Virginia, including the frigates USS Cumberland and USS Congress...
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    8–9, 1862, at the Battle of Hampton Roads, the Confederate flotilla tried to break a blockade maintained by two wooden Union frigates, the USS Cumberland...
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    Pioneer (submarine) (category Maritime incidents in April 1862)
    advance towards New Orleans the following month prompted the men to abandon development and scuttle Pioneer in the New Basin Canal on 25 April 1862....
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