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CSS Oregon

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Sidewheel Gunboat:
  • Built as the wooden steamer SS Oregon at New York City in 1846 for the Mobile Mail Line
  • Seized by Louisiana's Governor Moore sometime in 1861
  • SS Oregon was an early and successful blockade runner, under CAPT. Abraham P. Boardman, making 92 "entrances and clearances" at blockaded ports before being picked for arming as a man-of-war
  • Converted into a gunboat under Confederate Army auspices for operation in Mississippi Sound, CAPT A. L. Myers in command
  • Participated in September 1861 in the evacuation of Confederate property and troops from Ship Island, MS.
  • Destroyed to prevent capture when Confederate forces evacuated New Orleans in April 1862
    Specifications:
    Displacement 532 t.
    Length 216' 10"
    Beam 26' 6"
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    one 8" gun
    one 32-pdr
    two howitzers
    Propulsion steam
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    Oregon 183k First LT. A. L. Myers, CSN, Commanding Officer CSS Oregon Bill Gonyo
    CSS Oregon
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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