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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive CSS Carondelet Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Bienville Class Sidewheel Steamer:
Laid down around 14 September 1861 as a light-draft sidewheel river steamer, of yellow pine and white oak, at Bayou St. John, LA. by John Hughes & Co. and Acting Constructor S.D. Porter, CSN,
Launched, in January 1862
Completed and put into service as CSS Carondelet in March 1862, LT. W. Gwathney, CSN, in command
On 4 April CSS Carondelet, accompanied by CSS Oregon and CSS Pamlico, engaged the Federal gunboats USS New London, USS John P. Jackson and USS Hatteras at Pass Christian, MS. The Confederates were unable to prevent the landing of 1,200 Union men at the Pass and the destruction of the camp there.
Final Disposition, destroyed by her officers on Lake Pontchartrain just before the fall of New Orleans to escape capture by the Federals 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 - five 42-pdrs, one 32-pdr rifle
Propulsion
two steam engines
two boilers
two sidewheels
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Last Updated 19 August 2022
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