USS Vindicator (1863)
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For other ships with the same name, see USNS Vindicator.
USS Vindicator was a 750-ton steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy and put to use by the Union during the American Civil War.
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Sepia wash drawing by F. Muller, circa 1900, depicting USS Vindicator on the Western Rivers during the Civil War. | |
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Acquired | 1864 |
Commissioned | 24 May 1864 |
Decommissioned | circa 24 April 1865 |
Fate | Sold, 29 November 1865 at Mound City, Illinois |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 750 tons |
Length | 147' |
Beam | 36' |
Draught | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
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Speed | 12 MPH |
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Vindicator served the Union Navy primarily as a ram on the Mississippi River and its tributaries as part of the Union effort to control the Mississippi River and, essentially, divide the Confederate States of America in half. Vindicator was also equipped by the Navy as a gunboat with a number of powerful guns installed on board.