USS Gazelle (1863)

USS Gazelle (1863)

USS "Gazelle" (1863) was a side-wheel steamer acquired by the Union Navy for duty with the Mississippi River Squadron.

Commissioned at Cairo, Illinois, in 1864

She was the first ship to be named "Gazelle" by the Navy after being purchased at Cincinnati, Ohio, 21 November 1863, as the "Emma Brown". She was commissioned February 1864 at Cairo, Illinois., with Acting Master Charles Thatcher in command.

Civil War operations

"Gazelle" reached the mouth of the Red River in time to join Admiral David Dixon Porter’s joint Army-Navy expedition of 12 March-22 May 1864. The operation was part of the campaign against Texas designed to gain a strong foothold there and to thwart the French intervention in Mexico.

Serving between the mouth of the Red River and Grand Ecore, Louisiana, "Gazelle" engaged enemy shore units, convoyed Union Army transports, and patrolled the river while Union Navy gunboats assisted in the capture of Fort De Russy.

For the next year the ship patrolled between the mouth of the Red River and Morganza, Louisiana, and convoyed transports. On 24 May 1865 she embarked Confederate Generals Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr., and Sterling Price at the mouth of the Red River and brought them to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to negotiate a surrender with General Edward Canby. Subsequently, following repairs at New Orleans, Louisiana, "Gazelle" steamed upriver to Mound City, Illinois., arriving 25 June.

Decommissioning

She decommissioned there 7 July 1865; she was sold 17 August 1865 to Henry Scott et al. She was redocumented as "Plain City" 23 October and operated until abandoned in 1869.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g2/gazelle-i.htm


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • USS Gazelle — is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:*USS|Gazelle|1863, was a side wheel steamer commissioned February 1864* Gazelle (BAM 17), was transferred to the United Kingdom 28 July 1943. Returned to the United States December 1946, she was… …   Wikipedia

  • USS Coeur de Lion (1861) — was an armed side wheeled steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served as a patrol boat, capable of engaging the enemy with her powerful guns. Service with the Union Navy Coeur de Lion , a side wheel steamer, was… …   Wikipedia

  • List of United States Navy ships, G — G Ga* USS G 1 (SS 19 frac12;) * USS G 2 (SS 27) * USS G 3 (SS 31) * USS G 4 (SS 26) * USS G. H. McNeal (SP 312) * USS G. L. Brockenborough (1862) * USS G. W. Blunt (1861) * USS Gabilan (SS 252) * USS Gadsen (AK 182) * USS Gadwall (AM 362) * USS… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste der Schiffe der United States Navy/G — Schiffe der United States Navy A B …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste der Schiffe der Kaiserlichen Marine — Die Reichskriegsflagge in der ab 1903 gültigen Ausführung. Die Liste der Schiffe der Kaiserlichen Marine enthält die Kriegsschiffe der deutschen Kaiserlichen Marine (1871–1918), soweit sie einen Namen trugen. Einheiten, die nur über eine Nummer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”