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Rattler USS

Post by john sefton » Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:14 pm

USS Rattler was a 165-ton stern-wheel "ironclad" gunboat built in Cincinnati, Ohio as the civilian steamer Florence Miller.
Converted by the Navy to a gunboat, Rattler led the Mississippi Squadron up the White and Arkansas Rivers to capture Fort Hindman.
In July of 1863, she assisted in the capture of the Confederate steamer Louisville, which later became the USS Ouachita.
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