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    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...
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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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  • Peterhof (redirect from Peterhoff)
    Peterhof, an asteroid USS Peterhoff (1863), a British ship captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War Peterhoff, Shimla, a house in India...
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  • 1865, the Union vessel USS Peterhoff was en route to blockade Wilmington, North Carolina when she was rammed and sunk by USS Monticello after being mistaken...
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    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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    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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    sixty-one day cruise. Unknown to the Confederates, the Union sloop-of-war USS Wachusett was nearby, under Commander Napoleon Collins. Wachusett launched...
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    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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  • Thumbnail for USS Tecumseh (1863)
    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 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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  • Mar: USS Peterhoff 21 Mar: USS Clifton 28 Mar: USS Kingfisher 1 Apr: Maple Leaf 15 Apr: USS Eastport 15 Apr: Emma 18 Apr: Bombshell 19 Apr: USS Southfield...
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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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    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 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...
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  • CSS Equator, where she engaged six Federal blockaders, including USS Britannia and USS Nansemond, off New Inlet. The plan was ill-conceived, as the Richmond-class...
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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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    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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    Mar: USS Peterhoff 21 Mar: USS Clifton 28 Mar: USS Kingfisher 1 Apr: Maple Leaf 15 Apr: USS Eastport 15 Apr: Emma 18 Apr: Bombshell 19 Apr: USS Southfield...
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    Mar: USS Peterhoff 21 Mar: USS Clifton 28 Mar: USS Kingfisher 1 Apr: Maple Leaf 15 Apr: USS Eastport 15 Apr: Emma 18 Apr: Bombshell 19 Apr: USS Southfield...
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    Mar: USS Peterhoff 21 Mar: USS Clifton 28 Mar: USS Kingfisher 1 Apr: Maple Leaf 15 Apr: USS Eastport 15 Apr: Emma 18 Apr: Bombshell 19 Apr: USS Southfield...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    the search, Vanderbilt captured the blockade-running British steamer Peterhoff on 25 February, off St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, causing a dispute between...
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  • -76.650 (Papoose (tanker)) USS Peterhoff  United States Navy 6 March 1864 Mistaken for a blockade runner and rammed by USS Monticello off Kure Beach....
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  • Mar: USS Peterhoff 21 Mar: USS Clifton 28 Mar: USS Kingfisher 1 Apr: Maple Leaf 15 Apr: USS Eastport 15 Apr: Emma 18 Apr: Bombshell 19 Apr: USS Southfield...
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    USS Underwriter was a 341-ton sidewheel steamer that was purchased for military use by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Underwriter was outfitted...
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  • The first USS Kingfisher was purchased by the Navy at Boston, Massachusetts, 2 August 1861; and commissioned at Boston Navy Yard 3 October 1861, Acting...
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  • Mar: USS Peterhoff 21 Mar: USS Clifton 28 Mar: USS Kingfisher 1 Apr: Maple Leaf 15 Apr: USS Eastport 15 Apr: Emma 18 Apr: Bombshell 19 Apr: USS Southfield...
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