| 词条 | USS Queen City (1863) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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USS Queen City (1863) 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 waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Purchased in Ohio in 1863Queen City, a wooden, side wheel steamer, was purchased by the Navy at Cincinnati, Ohio, from Samuel Wiggins, 13 February 1863; and commissioned at Cincinnati 1 April 1863, Acting Master Jason Goudy in command. Civil War serviceAssigned to the Tennessee River operating areaThe "tinclad" gunboat (No. 26) operated tip the Tennessee River supporting Union Army operations in the area through the spring. In the summer she transferred to the Mississippi River and patrolled the river protecting Union lines of supply and communications. On 13 October she departed Helena, Arkansas, and carried troops to Friars Point, Mississippi, where they landed and surrounded the town. The next morning they seized a large quantity of cotton. Captured by Confederate cavalry and blown upIn ensuing months, she continued operations along the rivers of Arkansas. Off Clarendon, Arkansas, 24 June, two regiments of Confederate cavalry supported by artillery attacked Queen City disabling the paddle wheel steamer arid forcing her commander to surrender. When {{USS|Tyler|1857|6}} attempted to recover the ship, the Confederates blew her up. See also{{Portal|American Civil War|United States Navy|Military of the United States}}
References{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/q1/queen_city.htm}}External links
7 : Ships of the Union Navy|Steamships of the United States Navy|Gunboats of the United States Navy|American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States|Shipwrecks of the American Civil War|Shipwrecks in rivers|Maritime incidents in 1864 |
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