The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-30
THE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY And
4 BRIEF HISTORY OF WHAT BECAME OF It
interesting Data Carefully Compiled from the Memo
randa of John L. Porter, the Distinguished Chief
Constructor of the Confederate States Navy.
By JOHN ". II. PORTER.
Written for the TimeS.)

INTO a Cun-boat. buEHcd ny AiSt ~"
in 1864 TO prevent capture.
Curlcw = Sidc-whecl river steamer
Bought at Norfolk, 1861 mounted with
two guns. Sunk in battle at Roanoke
Island. February Z. 1861
Drewry-Wooden tender, one gun. Built
at Richmond. Disabled in action with
Federal batteries at Trents Reach, jan
uary "a, 1865, and abandoned.
Diana-Woodcn gun-boat. five guns.
Captured from the Federals. March -,
1863. in Atchafalaya river and burned in
Bayou Techc, April i, 1858. to prevent
recapture.
Observation-Disclosures tug bought at Nor
folk. 1861. and mounted with one gun
Her name was afterwards changed to the
Forrest.
Ellis-Iron hull tug-boat. Bought at
Norfolk in 1861, and mounted with one
gun. Captured by the Federals at the
battle of Elizabeth City, 1852.
Equator-woodcn tug-boat. one gun.
Burned by Confederates at the fall Of
Wilmington in 1865.
Fanny-Iron hull propeller. 2 guns. Cap
tured from the Federals October ], 1851,
and set on fire by Confcderatcs at tho
battle Of Elizabeth City, y. c.. February
10, 1852.
Fire Fly-Wooden side-wheel river
teamer Used for "a while at Savannah as
a tender and then permitted to so to
wreck.
Florida-Origlnally the merchant steam
er Oreto. Bought in 1S6? at Liverpool by
the Confederates and mounted with five
guns She was boarded by the L. S. S.
Wachusett and captured in the harbor
of Bahai. Brazil. October I. 1864, while her
captain and crew were ashore on liberty.
Forrest-Wooden tug-boat formerly the
Edwards, bought at Norfolk in 1861, and
mounted with two guns. She was dis
abled in battle at Roanoke Island, Febru-
AIRY Z, 1852, and was burned on the the ways
at Elizabeth City by the Confederates,
February 10th.
Fredericksburs-Iro clad, four guns.
Built at Richmond, 1868. and burned by
the Confederates at the evacuation OF
that city, April, 1865
Gaines-Side-w wheel merchant steamer,
mounted six guns. Sunk in battle Of Mo
bile Bay, August 5tl, 1854.
Germantown-Sailng sloop OF war, %
guns. Seized by Confederates at Gosport
Navy Yard 1861 and burned at the evac-
uation Of Norfolk.
Georgia-Eron-clad floating battery at
Savannah Destroyed by the Confederates
at the fall of that city, in December,
1864.
Georgia-Cruiser. originally the merchant
steamer Japan. Bought at Dumbarton in
April 1863, and mounted five guns. Sold
at Liverpool by the Confederate Govern
ment, in 1854.
George Page-Side- wheel river steamer
seized at Alexandria in 1861 and armed
with two guns Her name was afterwards
changed 10 the Richmond. She was burned
by the Confederates at Quantico in 1852.
Harriet Lane-Captured from the Fed
erals at Galveston. January LIST, 1865.
Mounted eight guns. Her name was
changed to the Lavina and she was con-
rerted into a blockade runner. She was
w2-.
MISREPRESENTATION gun-boat, two guns.
Built at Norfolk 1852 and burned by the
Confederates at the evacuation Of Rich
Eond. April. 1860
Huntress-Side-whee tug, bought at
ChaGNeston il, ISM and mounted two
guns. She was later condemned and sold
Huntsyille-Iron-clad, four guns; built
at Mobile. She was burned by the Con-
federates at the fall of that city, in 1865.
Indian Chief-Receiving ship at Charles
ton Burned at the evacuation Of that
city, in 1865.
Ivy-Side-wheel river steamer. bought
1t New Orleans in 1861, and mounted two
suns. She was burned by the Confederates
in Yazoo river in 1868 to prevent capture.
sendiga-Wocden sun-boat. three guns.
Burned by the Confederates at the fall
OF Savannah, December, 1864.
Jackson-Tug-boat bought at Norfolk,
1861, and mounted two guns. She was dis
mantIed and sold in 1852.
Kate Bruce-NVooden schooner bought
In 1861 to convert into a gun-boat, but
before completion she was sunk as an
obstruction in the Chattahoochie river.
lesion 1861 and mounted one gun. Her
machinery was put in the Palmetto State
and the vessel sold.
LapwinS-Nerchant bark. captured by
the Florida, March -e,n. 1869, armed Win
Two boat-howitzersi and name changed
TO Oreto She was set on fire and burned