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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Cricket (1863-1865, "Tinclad" # 6)
USS Cricket, a 178-ton stern-wheel "Tinclad"
river gunboat, was built in 1860 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
for merchant use. Purchased by the Navy in November 1862, she
was commissioned in January 1863. During 1863-65, Cricket
was active on patrol, convoy and offensive operations on the Mississippi
River and its tributaries, capturing two Confederate Army transports
in August 1863 while operating on the Little Red River. She was
flagship for Rear
Admiral David Dixon Porter during expeditions up the Black
and Ouachita Rivers in February-March 1864 and up the Red River
in March-May, suffering damage and heavy casualties while repelling
an attempt to capture her on 26 April 1864. Following repairs,
she served on the White River, Arkansas, area until the end of
the Civil War. USS Cricket was decommissioned in June 1865
and sold the following August. She was employed as the civilian
Cricket No. 2 until broken up in 1867.
This page features our only views of USS Cricket.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital
images presented here, see: "How
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Photo #: NH 55524
USS Cricket (1863-1865, "Tinclad" # 6)
Tied up at a Western Rivers city, during the last years of the
Civil War, with a barge astern and a boat alongside.
Note the decorative star suspended between her smokestacks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 63377
USS Cricket (1863-1865, "Tinclad" # 6)
Tied up at a Western Rivers city, during the last years of the
Civil War, with a barge astern and a river steamboat in the distance.
Note the identification number ("6") painted on her
pilothouse.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42369
"Attack on the 'Cricket' by 2,500 Confederates, Under General
Green"
Engraving from Porter's "History of the Civil War",
page 522, depicting USS Cricket (1863-1865) engaged in
a running battle with Confederate troops and artillery along
the Red River on 26 April 1864. Cricket was flagship of
Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter during this action.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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New image added 18 March 2000