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History |
Confederate States |
Name: |
Grampus |
Launched: |
1856 |
Acquired: |
1862 |
Fate: |
Scuttled, 7 April 1862 |
General characteristics |
Type: |
Gunboat |
Tonnage: |
352 long tons (358 t) |
Propulsion: |
Steam engine, stern-wheel |
Armament: |
2 × brass 12-pounders |
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.
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Coordinates: 36°33′45″N 89°33′40″W / 36.5626°N 89.5612°W / 36.5626; -89.5612
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Shipwrecks |
- 2 Jan: Northern Light
- 4 Jan: Santi-Pietri
- 9 Jan: USS Meteor, USS Potomac
- 20 Jan: USS Margaret Scott
- 23 Jan: Ocean Chief
- 24 Jan: USS Peri
- 25 Jan: USS New England, USS Stephen Young
- 26 Jan: USS India, USS Timor
- 7 Feb: CSS Curlew
- 8 Feb: CSS Sea Bird
- 10 Feb: CSS Appomattox, CSS Fanny, CSS Forrest
- 20 Feb: USS Isaac N. Seymour
- 25 Feb: USS R. B. Forbes
- 8 Mar: USS Congress, USS Cumberland
- 9 Mar: CSS George Page
- 10 Mar: USS Whitehall
- March (unknown date): Camilla (or Memphis)
- 7 Apr: CSS Grampus, CSS New Orleans
- 14 Apr: Erebus
- 19 Apr: USS Maria J. Carlton
- 24 Apr: CSS General Lovell, CSS Governor Moore, CSS Manassas, Sweepstakes, USS Varuna
- 25 Apr: CSS Mississippi, Pioneer, Washington
- 28 Apr: CSS Louisiana, CSS McRae
- April (unknown date): CSS Jackson
- 10 May: USS Cincinnati, CSS Germantown, USS Mound City, CSS Fulton
- 11 May: CSS Virginia
- 15 May: CSS Jamestown
- May (unknown date): CSS United States
- 6 Jun: CSS Colonel Lovell, CSS General Beauregard, CSS General Bragg, CSS General M. Jeff Thompson, CSS General Sterling Price, CSS General Sumter, CSS Little Rebel
- 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn
- 28 Jun: USS Island Belle
- 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner, USS Sidney C. Jones
- 24 Jul: Lord of the Isles
- 6 Aug: CSS Arkansas
- 14-15 Aug: USS Sumter
- 23 Aug: USS Adirondack
- 24 Aug: USS Henry Andrew, USS Isaac N. Seymour
- 10 Sep: USS Tigress
- 15 Oct: G. L. Brockenborough
- 25 Nov: USS Ellis
- November (unknown date): USS Mingo
- 12 Dec: USS Cairo
- 31 Dec: USS Monitor
- Unknown date: USS Noble
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Other incidents | |
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1861 ![](../I/m/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png) 1863 |