Captured by Confederate States Army, February 14, 1863
Confederate States
Name
CSS Queen of the West
Commissioned
February 1863
Fate
Attacked and destroyed, April 11, 1863
General characteristics
Type
Sidewheel steamer
Displacement
406 tons[1]
Length
180 ft (55 m)
Beam
37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Propulsion
Steam engine
Complement
120 officers and men
Armament
1 × 30-pounder cannon
3 × 12-pounder howitzers
The USS Queen of the West was a sidewheel steamer ram ship and the flagship of the United States Ram Fleet and the Mississippi Marine Brigade. It was built at Cincinnati, Ohio in 1854. It served as a commercial steamer until purchased by Colonel Charles Ellet Jr. in 1862 and converted for use as a ram ship. The ship operated in conjunction with the Mississippi River Squadron during the Union brown-water navy battle against the Confederate River Defense Fleet for control of the Mississippi River and its tributaries during the American Civil War.
The ship played a critical role in the Union Navy victory at the First Battle of Memphis and sank the Confederate flagship CSS Colonel Lovell. In actions south of Vicksburg, Mississippi, she severely damaged the CSS City of Vicksburg and captured four transport ships supplying Confederate forces.
On February 14, 1863, the USS Queen of the West was captured by Confederate forces on the Red River, repaired and returned to service as the CSS Queen of the West. Together with the CSS Webb, it was used to force the surrender of the USS Indianola on the Mississippi River.
On April 11, 1863, she was attacked and destroyed on the Atchafalaya River by the USS Estrella, USS Calhoun and USS Arizona.
^"Queen of the West (side-wheel ram) 1862-1863". www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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