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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Queen City (1863-1864, "Tinclad" # 26)

USS Queen City, a 210-ton side-wheel "tinclad" river gunboat, was built in 1863 at Cincinnati, Ohio, as a commercial ferryboat. After acquisition by the Navy and convertion to a gunboat, she was commissioned in April 1863. Part of the Mississippi Squadron, Queen City mainly operated on rivers in the State of Arkansas. On 24 June 1864, while off Clarendon, Arkansas, she was attacked by Confederate artillery and cavalry, disabled and forced to surrender. Her captors blew Queen City up when USS Tyler approached to attempt to retake her.

This page features our only views of USS Queen City.

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Photo #: NH 42360

USS Queen City (1863-1864)


Photographed on the Western Rivers during the Civil War.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 460 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42361

USS Queen City (1863-1864)


Photographed on the Western Rivers during the Civil War.
The ship's identification number ("26") is faintly visible on the front of her pilothouse.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 615 pixels

 


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