CSS Drewry
The wreck of a Confederate gunboat on the James River in 1865, believed to be that of CSS Drewry.
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History | |
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Confederate States | |
Name | Drewry |
Commissioned | 1863 |
Decommissioned | January 24, 1865 |
Fate | Destroyed by artillery fire |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 166 tons |
Length | 106 ft (32 m) |
Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Armament | 1 6.4" rifled cannon, 1 7" rifled cannon |
CSS Drewry was a gunboat of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. This wooden gunboat had a foredeck protected by an iron V-shaped shield. Classed as a tender, she was attached to Flag Officer French Forrest's James River Squadron sometime in 1863 with Master , CSN, in command.
In addition to transporting troops and other routine service, she took part in several engagements along the river prior to January 24, 1865, when, in , she was destroyed by two shots from a 100-pounder rifle in a battery of the . 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.
Commanders[]
The commanders of the CSS Drewry were:[1]
- William Harwar Parker (May-fall 1862)
- Master (around October 1863-May 1864)
- Lieutenant (May 19-May 21, 1864)
- Lieutenant (June 1864-January 23, 1865)
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Coski
References[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- Coski, John M. Capital Navy: The Men, Ships and Operations of the James River Squadron, Campbell, CA: Savas Woodbury Publishers, 1996, ISBN 1-882810-03-1
Categories:
- Gunboats of the Confederate States Navy
- Shipwrecks of the James River
- Shipwrecks of the American Civil War
- 1863 ships
- Maritime incidents in January 1865
- Naval ship stubs
- American Civil War stubs