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CSS / USS Ellis
CSS Ellis
CSS Ellis
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CSS / USS Ellis
Built By: Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington Delaware
Sailed: 1860
Commissioned: 1861
Decommissioned: Captured by U. S. Navy; Destroyed to prevent capture November 15, 1862
Characteristics
Type: Steamer
Displacement: 100 Tons
Draft: 6 feet
Propulsion: Propeller
Draft: 6 feet
Armament
1 32-pounder rifled cannon
1 12-pounder howitzer
Battles
Defense of Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark (CSS)
Roanoke Island (CSS)
Elizabeth City (CSS) Captured by the Union Navy
Swansboro, NC
New River Inlet (Became grounded and was destroyed.)
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