USS <i>Carondolet</i> Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1961
label: associated date
content: 1862
label: decommissioning
content: 1865
name: label: made original plans
content: Geoghegan, William Earle
label: maker
content: Tragle, Thomas E.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Wooden model with plastic parts.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: Model built to the plans of William Geoghagen.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: USS <i>Carondolet</i> was a 512-ton ironclad gunboat in the style of the <i>Cairo</i>. It was built in Saint Louis and commissioned in January 1862. Within a month it had contributed to the capture of both Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. The <i>Carondolet</i> fought in more engagements than any ship until World War II, including the capture of a Confederate fortress at Island Number Ten, operations against Fort Pillow, near Memphis, and a major campaign against Vicksburg, Mississippi. The only real opposition the <i>Carondolet</i> faced was in the Yazoo River when it engaged the Confederate ironclad CSS <i>Arkansas</i>. On July 15, 1862, the <i>Carondolet</i> was severely damaged by the <i>Arkansas</i>. After repairs, the <i>Carondolet</i> and the other ships of the army’s Western Gunboat Flotilla were transferred to the U.S. Navy. It was decommissioned in 1865.
place: label: used
content: United States: Missouri
topic: label: Subject
content: Ships
label: Subject
content: Naval History
label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58945N
label: catalog number
content: 58945-N
label: accession number
content: 241885
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model, ship
label: Other Terms
content: model, ship; Ship; Paddle Wheeler, Steam; Gunboat, River; 13 Guns
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 43 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 60.96 cm x 111.125 cm x 31.75 cm