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.
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Link added 28 May 2000