CSS Bienville
{{other ships|USS Bienville}}
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CSS Bienville{{cite book |title=Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion |date=1921 |publisher=United States Government Publishing Office |page=249 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Lc8AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22CSS+Bienville%22&pg=PA23 |access-date=April 3, 2022}} was a light draft steamer "substantially built" of yellow pine and white oak under contract by John Hughes and Co., at Bayou St. John, La., in 1861-62. Collaborating and inspecting for the Government in the Hughes yard was S. D. Porter, Acting Constructor, CSN. She was launched in February 1862 and delivered on 5 April. Her commanding officer was Lt. C. B. Poindexter, CSN. On 21 April 1862, as the battle of New Orleans impended, Bienville was still without a crew, consequently her officers were obliged to destroy her in Lake Pontchartrain to prevent capture.
References
{{NHHC|article=Bienville|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/bienville.html}}
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Category:Gunboats of the Confederate States Navy
Category:Ships built in New Orleans
Category:Shipwrecks of the American Civil War
Category:Maritime incidents in April 1862
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