CSS Ellis
CSS Ellis (later USS Ellis) was a gunboat in the Confederate States Navy and the United States Navy during the American Civil War. It was lost during a raid while under command of famed Navy officer Lieutenant William B. Cushing.
"The captured gunboat Ellis" (from The Long Roll) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Confederate States | |
| Name | Ellis |
| Builder | Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Launched | 1860 |
| Commissioned | 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 1862 |
| Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 100 tons |
| Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Installed power | steam |
| Propulsion | propeller |
| Complement | 28 officers and men |
| Armament | 1 32-pounder rifled cannon, 1 12-pounder howitzer |
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