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{{short description|Gunboat of the United States Navy}}
{{Other ships|USS Petrel}}

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The second '''USS ''Petrel''''' was a tinclad wooden [[steamship|steamer]] in the [[United States Navy]]. ''Petrel'' was purchased as ''Duchess'' at [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], 22 December 1862, renamed ''Petrel'', and commissioned.

Assigned to the [[Mississippi Squadron]], she participated in the [[Yazoo River expedition]] against [[Haynes Bluff]], 30 April – 1 May 1863, then went after [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] shipping on the Yazoo and Sunflower rivers. In July she cruised the Red, Black, Tensas and Ouachita rivers, capturing four rebel vessels and military stores.

On 3 February 1864 she helped silence Confederate batteries at [[Liverpool, Mississippi]], on the Yazoo, to initiate naval operations to prevent Southern harassment of [[William Tecumseh Sherman|Sherman's]] expedition to [[Battle of Meridian|Meridian, Mississippi]]. For the next two weeks the ships pushed up the Yazoo, engaging Confederate troops as far up the river as Greenwood. A month and a half later, ''Petrel'' commenced attacks on Yazoo City.

On 22 April 1864, however, she was disabled, captured, and after the removal of her guns and most valuable stores, was burned.

==See also==
{{Portal|American Civil War}}
*[[Union Navy]]
*[[Anaconda Plan]]

==Sources==
{{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/petrel-ii.html}}

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