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john sefton
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Maratanza USS

Post by john sefton » Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:27 pm

USS Maratanza was a 786-ton "double ender" steam gunboat, built in the Boston Navy Yard.
Commissioned in April of 1862, she served in the James and York River area of Virginia, supporting the operations of the Union Army.
She participated in the capture of Yorktown, bombarded enemy positions on several occasions and took the Confederate gunboat Teaser on July 4th.
She continued to serve the blockading forces in the area of Wilmington, North Carolina until the end of the Civil War.
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Grenada SG?
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