CSS Grampus
{{other ships|USS Grampus}}
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CSS Grampus was a stern-wheel river steamer built in 1856 at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, for civilian employment. Taken by the Confederate Army in early 1862, she served as a scout boat and transport on the Mississippi River. Late in March 1862, Captain Marsh Miller in command, she took an active part in the defense of Island No. 10 where the Confederates finally sank her to prevent capture, on 7 April. The Union Gunboat Flotilla set out to raise her during May 1862 and did so, but she is believed to be the Grampus No. 2 which burned the following 11 January.
References
- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/cfa4/grampus.htm}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20000919224812/http://history.navy.mil/photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-ag/grampus.htm Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: CSS Grampus]
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Category:Merchant ships of the United States
Category:Ships of the Confederate States Navy
Category:Shipwrecks of the Mississippi River
Category:Shipwrecks of the American Civil War
Category:Ships built in Pennsylvania
Category:1862 in the United States
Category:Maritime incidents in April 1862
Category:Steamboats of the Mississippi River
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