USS Ozark (1863)
 Ozark serving in the Mississippi River Squadron |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Ozark |
| Launched: | 18 February 1863 |
| Commissioned: | 18 February 1864 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 July 1865 |
| Fate: | Sold, 29 November 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Monitor |
| Displacement: | 578 long tons (587 t) |
| Armament: | • 1 × 10 in (250 mm) gun • 3 × 9 in (230 mm) guns |
The first USS Ozark, a single-turreted river monitor, was built by contract with George C. Bester, Peoria, Illinois; launched on 18 February 1863; commissioned on 18 February 1864, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant George W. Brown in command.
Ozark spent her entire Navy career serving in the Mississippi River Squadron. From 12 March to 22 May 1864, she took part in the Rear Admiral David Porter's Red River Expedition to Alexandria, Louisiana. Following the end of the Civil War, she was decommissioned at Mound City, Illinois on 24 July 1865 and was sold 29 November.
In 1873 the Ozark was deployed on the Red River by militia of Louisiana governor William Pitt Kellogg to subdue White supremacist violence following the Colfax Massacre.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ LeeAnna Keith, The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of Reconstruction (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), 111-130.
[edit] Sources
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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