USS Queen City (1863)

USS Queen City (1863) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a gunboat and assigned to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

USS Queen City
History
United States
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: date unknown
Acquired: 13 February 1863
Commissioned: 1 April 1863
Out of service: 24 June 1864
Stricken: 1864 (est.)
Captured:
  • by Confederate forces
  • 24 June 1864
Fate: blown up, 1864
General characteristics
Displacement: 212 tons
Length: not known
Beam: not known
Propulsion:
Speed: not known
Complement: not known
Armament:
Armour: tinclad

Purchased in Ohio in 1863

Queen City, a wooden, side wheel steamer, was purchased by the Navy at Cincinnati, Ohio, from Samuel Wiggins, 13 February 1863; and commissioned at Cincinnati 1 April 1863, Acting Master Jason Goudy in command.

Civil War service

Assigned to the Tennessee River operating area

The "tinclad" gunboat (No. 26) operated tip the Tennessee River supporting Union Army operations in the area through the spring. In the summer she transferred to the Mississippi River and patrolled the river protecting Union lines of supply and communications. On 13 October she departed Helena, Arkansas, and carried troops to Friars Point, Mississippi, where they landed and surrounded the town. The next morning they seized a large quantity of cotton.

Captured by Confederate cavalry and blown up

In ensuing months, she continued operations along the rivers of Arkansas. Off Clarendon, Arkansas, 24 June, two regiments of Confederate cavalry supported by artillery attacked Queen City disabling the paddle wheel steamer arid forcing her commander to surrender. When USS Tyler attempted to recover the ship, the Confederates blew her up.

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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