USS Fawn (1863)
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Fawn (1863) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a patrol and escort vessel, operating in Confederate waterways. Fawn, a stern wheel steamer, was launched in 1863 at Cincinnati, Ohio, as Fanny Barker; purchased by the Navy 13 May 1863, having been commissioned 11 May 1863, Acting Master J. R. Grace in command; and renamed Fawn 19 June 1863. Throughout the remainder of the Civil War, Fawn patrolled the Mississippi, Tennessee, White, and Arkansas Rivers, also convoying Union Army transports, ferrying troops across rivers, carrying Army payrolls, and often engaging Confederate batteries, cavalry, and foot soldiers ashore....
ISBN: 978-6-1320-7210-8
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Дата выхода: июль 2011