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USS Ellis.
CSS Ellis (later USS Ellis) was a gunboat in the Confederate States Navy and the United States Navy during the American Civil War. It was lost during a raid while under command of famed Navy officer Lieutenant William B. Cushing.
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"The captured gunboat Ellis" (from The Long Roll) |
History |
Confederate States |
Name | Ellis |
Builder | Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware |
Launched | 1860 |
Commissioned | 1861 |
Decommissioned | 1862 |
Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
Fate |
- Captured by U.S. Navy 10 February 1862;
- Destroyed to prevent recapture 25 November 1862
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General characteristics |
Displacement | 100 tons |
Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
Installed power | steam |
Propulsion | propeller |
Complement | 28 officers and men |
Armament | 1 32-pounder rifled cannon, 1 12-pounder howitzer |
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