USS Queen City |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | date unknown |
| Acquired: | 13 February 1863 |
| Commissioned: | 1 April 1863 |
| Out of service: | 24 June 1864 |
| Struck: | 1864 (est.) |
| Captured: | by Confederate forces 24 June 1864 |
| Fate: | blown up, 1864 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 212 tons |
| Length: | not known |
| Beam: | not known |
| Propulsion: | steam engine side wheel-propelled |
| Speed: | not known |
| Complement: | not known |
| Armament: | two 30-pounder Parrott rifles two 32-pounder guns four 24-pounder howitzers |
| Armour: | tinclad |
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.
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Queen 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.
The “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 Friar’s Point, Mississippi, where they landed and surrounded the town. The next morning they seized a large quantity of cotton.
In 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 Tyler attempted to recover the ship, the Confederates blew her up.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.