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USS Victory

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sternwheel Steamer (Tinclad No. 33)

Built as the wooden merchant steamer Banker at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1863

Acquired by the Navy at Cincinnati in May 1863

Commissioned USS Victory at Cincinnati, 8 July 1863,

Formally purchased by the Navy, 15 July 1863

Victory served with the Mississippi Squadron for the duration of the war, performing patrol, reconnaissance, convoy, and dispatch duty

On 14 April 1864, she helped to repulse a raid upon Paducah, Kentucky

On 4 November 1864, Victory participated in the defense of Johnsonville, TN., in an attack led by LT. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest's cavalry

Decommissioned, 30 June 1865, at Mound City, IL.

Sold at public auction at Mound City to W. Thorwegen, 17 August 1865

Redocumented as Lizzie Tate, 7 October 1865

Hijacked in 1867 for 5 days

Reduced to a barge, 22 November 1867

Final Disposition, dismantled in 1869

Specifications:
Displacement 160 t.
Length 157'
Beam 30'
Depth of Hull unknown
Draft 5'
Speed 5 mph
Complement unknown

Armament

two 24-pdr howitzers (bow)

Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
098689301	97k	USS Victory at Maysville, KY. Note the number 33 on her pilot house US Navy photo from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Library, Donated by Kenneth E. Thro		John Spivey

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