Samson was a 230-ton stern-wheel steamer built at California, Pennsylvania, in 1860. During much of 1862, she served with Colonel Charles Ellet's ram fleet in the Mississippi River area. Samson was transferred to the U.S. Navy in November 1862 and spent the rest of the Civil War as a floating machine shop with the Mississippi Squadron. Sold in August 1865, she was employed as a merchant vessel until broken up in 1869.
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24 March 2000