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Later Classes of Monitors:
USS Osage
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Crew on the USS Osage
From the Collections of The Mariners' Museum
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A single-turreted river monitor that
was launched January 13, 1863 by James B. Eads at he Union Iron
Works, Carondelet, Mo. Acting Vol. Lt. Joseph P. Couthany was
in command when she left Cairo, IL to patrol duty in the Red
River. The Osage participated in the expedition up the
Black and Washita Rivers on February 29 to March 5, 1863. She
also participated in the expedition up the Red River to Alexandria,
La and assisted in the capture of Fort De Russy, La on March
14, 1863.
The Osage was transferred to
the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and participated in the attack
on the Spanish Fort, Mobile, Alabama on March 28, 1865. The
next day the Osage was sunk by a torpedo in the Blakely
River, Alabama. The hulk was raised and sold at auction at New
Orleans November 22, 1867.
Displacement: 523 tons
Length: 180 feet
Beam: 45 feet
Draft: 4 feet 6 inches
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