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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Chippewa (1861-1865)
USS Chippewa, a 691-ton Unadilla class screw
steam gunboat built at New York, was commissioned in December
1861. During the next eight months, she served on the blockade
off the North Carolina coast, participating in the the capture
of Fort Macon, N.C., and of two sailing blockade runners. In October
1862, she was sent to Gibraltar to keep watch on the Confederate
Cruiser Sumter
and remained in that area until April 1863.
Chippewa's next duty was with the South Atlantic Blockading
Squadron, operating along the coast of South Carolina. She bombarded
Fort Wagner, near Charleston, in July 1863 and in May 1864 took
part in expeditions up South Carolina coastal rivers. In December
1864 and January 1865, the gunboat participated in the capture
of Fort Fisher, N.C. Her activities in the Cape Fear area continued
until March, when she went to the James River, Virginia, for patrol
duties. After a cruise to Havana, Cuba, in May-June 1865, Chippewa
was decommissioned. She was sold in November 1865.
This page features all our views related to USS Chippewa
(1861-1865).
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a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 59371
USS Chippewa (1861-1865)
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December
1861, depicting the ship under construction at the Webb & Bell
shipyard, New York City. Chippewa was launched on 14 September
1861.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 220 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 59367
"Our New Gun-boats"
Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December
1861 volume.
It depicts ten of the "90-Day Gunboats" constructed
for the U.S. Navy in 1861-62.
Ships, as identified below the image bottom, are (from left,
all USS): Chippewa, Sciota, Itasca, Winona,
Huron, Ottawa, Pembina, Seneca, Unadilla
and Sagamore.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 71517
USS Chippewa (1861-1865)
Track chart of the ship's progress across the Atlantic from Chesapeake
Bay to Algeciras, Spain, between 2 October and 30 October 1862.
She was sent there to keep watch on the Confederate cruiser Sumter.
Donation of Mrs. George W.S. Musgrave, 1968.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 71KB; 1200 x 365 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 59170
"Second Attack upon Fort Fisher, showing the positions of
the vessels, and the lines of fire", 13-15 January 1865
Chart by Walter A. Lane, published in "The Soldier in our
Civil War", Volume II.
The positions of 58 ships are represented on the chart.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 216KB; 825 x 1225
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Page made 27 January 2001
New image added 31 August 2001