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CSS Junaluska |
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Commander: Mid. W. H. Vernon |
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Original name: Younaluska |
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Built: 1860 |
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Location: Philadelphia, PA |
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Rig: Tugboat; iron hull screw
steamer |
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Tonnage: 79 tons |
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Service Record
· Chartered from Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company · Participated in capture of USS Fanny at Loggerhead Inlet, NC, 1 October 1861 |
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Originally an Albemarle and
Chesapeake Canal Company tugboat, the CSS Junaluska was armed with a
6-pdr gun when she participated in the 1 October 1861 capture of the USS
Fanny. Most of her service was spent transporting troops and materials in
the sounds around Roanoke Island, NC. Records show her as being dismantled in
1862. |
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