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USS Queen City

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Wooden Sidewheel Steamer (Tinclad #26):
  • Purchased for the Navy by RADM D.D. Porter at Cincinnati, OH. from Samuel Wiggins of Cairo IL., 13 February 1863, for $16,000
  • Commissioned USS Queen City at Cincinnati, 1 April 1863, Acting Master Jason Goudy in command
  • During the Civil War USS Queen City was assigned to the Mississippi Squadron
    Operated on the Tennessee River supporting Army operations in the area through the spring of 1863
    Summer 1863 assigned to patrol duty on the Mississippi River
    Disabled by Confederate cavalry and artillery off Clarendon, AR., forced to surrender
  • Final disposition, captured by Confederate forces and sunk at Clarendon, White River, AR., 24 June 1865
    Specifications:
    Displacement 212 t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    9 April 1863 - two 30-pdr Parrott rifles, two 32-pdrs 42cwt, four 24-pdr howitzers
    7 October 1863 - two 30-pdr Parrott rifles, two 32-pdrs 42cwt, four 24-pdr howitzers, one heavy 12-pdr
    Propulsion
    steam engine(s)
    boiler(s)
    two sidewheels
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    Queen City 92k USS Queen City photographed on the Western Rivers during the Civil War.
    US Navy History and Heritage Command photo # NH 42360.    		 Aryeh Wetherhorn
    Queen City 57k USS Queen City photographed on the Western Rivers during the Civil War. The ship's identification number ("26") is faintly visible on the front of her pilot house.
    US Navy History and Heritage Command photo # NH 42361.    		 Aryeh Wetherhorn
    USS Queen City
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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