CSS Winslow
History | |
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Confederate States | |
Name | Winslow |
Operator | North Carolina, later Confederate States Navy |
Builder | B. C. Terry, New York City |
Launched | 1846 |
Commissioned | 1861 for military service |
Fate | Wrecked and burned, November 7, 1861 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Sidewheel steamer |
Tonnage | 207 tons |
Armament | 1 32-pounder gun, 1 6-pounder rifled gun |
CSS Winslow was a
Service history
Winslow, which was originally known as Joseph E. Coffee or J. E. Coffee, was
Winslow became part of the small North Carolina Navy, which was also known as the Mosquito Fleet. All of the vessels of the Mosquito Fleet were converted civilian ships, of which Winslow was the fastest in its military form. While the other ships were only armed with a single cannon,[3] Winslow was armed with both a 32-pounder gun and a 6-pounder rifled cannon.[4] The 32-pounder was positioned at the front of the vessel, with the other cannon on the afterdeck.[3] The first of the North Carolina vessels to enter operational military service, Winslow was commanded by Lieutenant Thomas M. Crossan.[7] She served along the North Carolina coast.[6]
Along with two other North Carolina vessels, the converted civilian vessels
After her transfer to the Confederacy, Winslow continued to raid commerce near
On November 5, the
References
- ^ a b Lytle 1952, p. 103.
- ^ Silverstone 1989, pp. 241, 253.
- ^ a b c Trotter 1989, p. 19.
- ^ a b c d e f "Winslow". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ Official Records 1921, p. 272.
- ^ a b c d Silverstone 1989, p. 241.
- ^ a b Barrett 1963, p. 35.
- ^ Trotter 1989, pp. 19, 22.
- ^ Trotter 1989, p. 24.
- ^ Barrett 1963, pp. 39–41.
- ^ Barrett 1963, p. 45.
- ^ Mallison 1998, pp. 55–57.
- ^ Mallison 1998, p. 56.
- ^ Gaines 2008, p. 131.
- ^ Mallison 1998, pp. 56–57.
Sources
- Barrett, John G. (1963). The Civil War in North Carolina. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-4520-5.
- Gaines, W. Craig (2008). Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
- Lytle, William M. (1952). Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1807–1868. Mystic, Connecticut: The Steamship Historical Society of America. OCLC 7195533.
- Mallison, Fred M. (1998). The Civil War on the Outer Banks: A History of the Late Rebellion Along the Coast of North Carolina from Carteret to Currituck, with Comments on Prewar Conditions and an Account of Postwar Recovery. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0417-5.
- Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Series 2. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1921. OCLC 5194016.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1989). Warships of the Civil War Navies. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-783-6.
- Trotter, William R. (1989). Ironclads and Columbiads: The Civil War in North Carolina: The Coast. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: John F. Blair. ISBN 0-89587-088-6.