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History Confederate States Name Grampus Launched 1856 Acquired 1862 Fate Scuttled, 7 April 1862 General characteristics Type Gunboat Tonnage 352 long tons (358 t) Propulsion Steam engine , stern-wheelArmament 2 × brass 12-pounders
CSS Grampus was a stern-wheel river steamer built in 1856 at McKeesport, Pennsylvania , for civilian employment. Taken by the Confederate Army in early 1862, she served as a scout boat and transport on the Mississippi River . Late in March 1862, Captain Marsh Miller in command, she took an active part in the defense of Island No. 10 where the Confederates finally sank her to prevent capture, on 7 April. The Union Gunboat Flotilla set out to raise her during May 1862 and did so, but she is believed to be the Grampus No. 2 which burned the following 11 January.
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36°33′45″N 89°33′40″W / 36.5626°N 89.5612°W / 36.5626; -89.5612
Shipwrecks
2 Jan: Northern Light 4 Jan: Santi-Pietri 9 Jan: USS Meteor , USS Potomac 20 Jan: USS Margaret Scott 23 Jan: Ocean Chief 24 Jan: USS Peri 25 Jan: USS New England , USS Stephen Young 26 Jan: USS India , USS Timor 7 Feb: CSS Curlew 8 Feb: CSS Sea Bird 10 Feb: CSS Appomattox , CSS Black Warrior , CSS Fanny , CSS Forrest 20 Feb: USS Isaac N. Seymour 25 Feb: USS R. B. Forbes 8 Mar: USS Congress , USS Cumberland 9 Mar: CSS George Page 10 Mar: USS Whitehall March (unknown date): Camilla Memphis ) 4 Apr: CSS Red Rover 7 Apr: CSS Grampus 8 Apr: CSS New Orleans 14 Apr: Erebus 19 Apr: USS Maria J. Carlton 24 Apr: CSS General Lovell , CSS Governor Moore , CSS Manassas , CSS Stonewall Jackson , Sweepstakes USS Varuna 25 Apr: CSS Mississippi , CSRC Pickens , Pioneer Washington CSS Pamlico 28 Apr: CSS Louisiana , CSS McRae April (unknown date): CSS Jackson , CSS Oregon , CSS Carondelet 10 May: USS Cincinnati , CSS Germantown , USS Mound City , CSS Fulton 11 May: CSS Virginia 15 May: CSS Jamestown May (unknown date): CSS United States 6 Jun: CSS Colonel Lovell , CSS General Beauregard , CSS General Bragg , CSS General M. Jeff Thompson , CSS General Sterling Price , CSS General Sumter , CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn , CSS Livingston , CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner USS Sidney C. Jones 21 Jul: USS Sallie Wood 24 Jul: Lord of the Isles 6 Aug: CSS Arkansas 14-15 Aug: USS Sumter 23 Aug: USS Adirondack 24 Aug: USS Henry Andrew , USS Isaac N. Seymour 10 Sep: USS Tigress 2 Oct: Iona 15 Oct: G. L. Brockenborough 25 Nov: USS Ellis November (unknown date): USS Mingo 12 Dec: USS Cairo 31 Dec: USS Monitor Unknown date: USS Noble Other incidents
Confederate States
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
