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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive CSS Bienville Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Bienville Class Sidewheel Steamer:
Laid down, as a light-draft sidewheel river steamer, of yellow pine and white oak, 14 September 1861 at Bayou St. John, LA. by John Hughes & Co., cost $78,000
Boilers and engines were second-hand
Launched, date unknown
Completed 5 April 1862
Commissioned, date unknown
Final Disposition, destroyed, in 1862 in Lake Pontchartrain, LA. Specifications:
Displacement 418t.
Length 141'
Beam 28'1"
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft 11', loaded
Speed 13kts
Complement unknown
Armament
27 February 1862 - five 42-pdrs
April 1862 - 5 42-pdrs, one small rifle
Propulsion
two high-pressure steam engines
two boilers
two sidewheels
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