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Photo # 46629:  USS Maratanza during the Civil War

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USS Maratanza (1862-1868)

USS Maratanza, a 786-ton "double-ender" steam gunboat, was built at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts. Commissioned in April 1862, she served for the next five months in the James and York River area of Virginia, supporting the operations of the Union army. She participated in the capture of Yorktown in early May, bombarded enemy positions on several occasions and took the Confederate gunboat Teaser on 4 July.

Maratanza joined the blockading forces off Wilmington, North Carolina, in mid-September 1862 and continued to serve in that area until the Civil War ended. Her captures included two sailing blockade runners and steamers Stag and Charlotte. She also took part in the bombardments of Fort Fisher in December 1864 and January 1865 and of fortifications in the Cape Fear River in February 1865. USS Maratanza was decommissioned in June 1865 and was sold in August 1868. She subsequently served as a Haitian gunboat under the names Salnave and Union.

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Photo #: NH 46629

USS Maratanza (1862-1868)


Photographed during the Civil War, circa 1862-65.
She has windsails rigged for ventilation below decks.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 59206

"Rendezvous of Our Fleet in James River, off City Point, -- Drawn on the Spot, May 29, 1862"


Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", Volume of January-June 1862, page 390.
It depicts the U.S. Navy ships (listed as shown, from left to right) Maratanza, Wachusett, Aroostook, Monitor, Mahaska and Galena operating on the James River, Virginia, in support of General McClellan's army.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 59216

USS Maratanza captures CSS Teaser, in the James River, Virginia, 4 July 1862


Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1862, page 486, depicting Maratanza in the foreground, firing on the Teaser.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 59170

"Second Attack upon Fort Fisher, showing the positions of the vessels, and the lines of fire", 13-15 January 1865


Chart by Walter A. Lane, published in "The Soldier in our Civil War", Volume II.
The positions of 58 ships are represented on the chart.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Page made 24 February 2001
New image added 31 August 2001