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CSS Drewry

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Screw Steamer - wooden Gunboat :

Drewry was laid down at the Richmond [Rocketts] Navy Yard in the early months of 1863

Launched in 1863

Commissioned CSS Drewry in October 1863, Master Lewis Parrish, CSN in command

Drewry, classified as a tender, was attached to Flag Officer French Forrest's James River Squadron

Drewry took part in several engagements along the river prior to January 24, 1865, when, in Trent's Reach, she was destroyed by two shots from a 100-pounder rifle in a battery of the 1st Connecticut Artillery

The second hit exploded her magazine as she assisted CSS Richmond to get afloat; all but two of her crew had reached safety before the explosion.

Specifications:
Displacement 166 t.
Length 106'
Beam 21'
Draft 5'
Depth of Hold unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown

Armament

one 6.4" rifled cannon

one 7" rifled cannon

Propulsion steam

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
098685601	57k	Wreck of CSS Drewry in the vicinity of the Dutch Gap Canal on the James River, Virginia. Library of Congress LC-B815- 1124. ORN Series I Vol. 11:669, 688-689. United States Navy -		Robert Hurst

CSS Drewry
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	1st LT. Parker, William Harwar	May-fall 1862
02	Master Parrish, Lewis	around October 1863-May 1864
03	LT. Hall, William B.	May 19-May 21, 1864
04	LT. Wall, William H.	June 1864-January 23, 1865


Courtesy Robert Hurst

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