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NH 65474 USS ESSEX (2nd named)

USS ESSEX (2nd named)
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Title: USS ESSEX (2nd named)
Caption: Partially iron-clad center-wheel river gunboat 1862, ex NEW ERA 1856. Built at St. Louis, Missouri. Wood, 614 tons, builder unknown, for Page and Bacon Bankers and sold to Wiggins Ferry Co. in 1856 for use at St. Louis. Purchased by War Department in 1861 and converted to partially iron-clad gunboat by James Eads and Co. Operated in western flotilla (U. S. Army) commanded by naval officer. Commissioned in U. S. Navy, Mississippi River Squadron, in 1862. Sold at Mound City, Illinois, in 1865 to Wm. S. Hambleton. Pen and ink drawing by Samuel ward Stanton.
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Catalog #: NH 65474
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Artist: Samuel Ward Stanton
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Original Medium: BW Photo, Drawing
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