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USS Lioness
ex
 US Army Ram Lioness (1862)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Sternwheel Steamer:
  • Built in 1859 at Brownsville, PA.
  • Taken over by the Navy and commissioned USS Lioness in 1862, LT. Crandall in command
  • Lioness joined the Union flotilla on the western rivers
  • After fitting out at Pittsburgh in April 1862, Lioness departed New Albany for Cairo 12 May
  • Scouting Fort Pillow with other rams on the 1st of June, she participated on the 6th in the Battle of Memphis, a one-sided, Union victory
  • Lioness participated in expeditions up the Yazoo River convoying and covering Army troops in joint expeditions
  • Laid up at Mound City in 1863
  • Sold in 1865 to American commerce interests
  • Final Disposition, dismantled in 1869 and machinery went to Lioness No.2
    Specifications:
    Displacement 198 t.
    Length 180'
    Beam 37'6"
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft 5'
    Speed unknown
    Complement 120 officers and men
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    boiler(s)
    steam engine(s)
    sternwheel
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    Monarch 259k "Colonel Ellet's Ram Fleet on the Mississippi" Line engraving after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published in Harper's Weekly, 1862. Ships in the foreground are: Monarch (letter M between stacks), Queen of the West (with letter Q) and Lioness (letter L). In the left background are: Switzerland (with letter S on paddlebox), Samson and Lancaster. Note cotton bales stacked on deck to protect boilers.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59007    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Mingo 132k One of Colonel Ellet's Ram Approaching the City of Memphis, TN., to Demand its Surrender. Line engraving after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting an incident at the close of the Battle of Memphis, 6 June 1862. The steamer shown may be Mingo or Lioness.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 59055.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Lioness
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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