screw-steamer
101USS R. B. Forbes (1845) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Her primary task was to prevent blockade runners from entering, or departing from, the South. R. B. Forbes , a twin screw steamer built in 1845, was acquired by the Navy at… …
102USS Berberry (1864) — was a steam operated tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.On 13 August 1864 at… …
103USS Alexandria (1862) — was a screw steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a dispatch boat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Steamer captured and by Union Navy forces St. Mary a… …
104USS Union (1861) — was a heavy (1,114 ton) steamer with a powerful 12 inch rifled gun purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the navy successfully as an gunship during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of… …
105USS Whitehead (1861) — USS Whitehead , a screw steamer built in 1861 at New Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Whitehead was purchased by the Navy on October 17, 1861 at New York City from D. B. Martin,… …
106Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited — This is an historical account of the Owen Sound Transportation Company, Limited (OSTC), the forerunner of the enterprise that currently operates the vehicle and passenger ferry M.S. Chi Cheemaun between Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula, and South …
107USS Nereus (1863) — The first USS Nereus , a screw steamer built at New York in 1863, was purchased by the Navy from William P. Williams 5 October, 1863; and commissioned at New York Navy Yard 19 April 1864, Comdr. John C. Howell in command.The schooner rigged… …
108USS Grand Gulf (1863) — was a screw steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was effective in performing blockade duty, and captured a number of Confederate blockade runners. Grand Gulf was purchased in New York as Onward 14 September 1863… …
109USS Huntsville (1861) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Huntsville , a wooden screw steamer, was… …
110USS Fort Morgan (1863) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a storeship and in other minor roles. Fort Morgan , a screw steamer, was built in 1863 by S. H. Pook, Fair Haven, Connecticut, as Admiral ;… …
