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USS Gazelle (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Sidewheel Steamer (Tinclad No.50)
  • Built at Madison, IN., in 1863 as Emma Brown
  • Purchased by the US Navy at Cincinnati, OH., 21 November 1863 for duty with the Mississippi River Squadron
  • Commissioned USS Gazelle, by February 1864 at Cairo, IL., Acting Master Charles Thatcher in command
  • Gazelle joined Admiral Porter's joint Army-Navy Red River expedition, 12 March-22 May 1864
  • Serving between the mouth of the Red River and Grand Ecore, LA., Gazelle engaged enemy shore units, convoyed Army transports, and patrolled the river while Navy gunboats assisted in the capture of Fort De Russy
  • For the next year the ship patrolled between the mouth of the Red River and Morganza, LA., and convoyed transports
  • On 24 May 1865 she embarked Confederate Generals Buckner and Price at the month of the Red River and brought them to Baton Rouge to negotiate a surrender with General Canby
  • Following repairs at New Orleans, Gazelle steamed upriver to Mound City, IL.., arriving 25 June
  • Decommissioned at Mound City, 7 July 1865
  • Sold at public auction, 17 August 1865, to Henry Scott
  • Re-documented as Plain City 23 October 1865
  • Final Disposition, abandoned in 1869
    Specifications:
    Displacement 117 t.
    Length 135'
    Beam 23'
    Depth of Hull unknown
    Draft 4'
    Speed 4 kts
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    six 12-pdr rifles
    Propulsion steam
    two sidewheels
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    Namesake
    Gazelle - a swift animal able to run at bursts of speed as high as 60 mph or run at a sustained speed of 30 mph. Gazelles are found mostly in the deserts, grasslands, and savannas of Africa; but they are also found in southwest and central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Gazelle (I)
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