Keywords: Gunboat launch
Item 11596
Gunboat Vicksburg, Kittery Navy Yard, 1897
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1897-06-22 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print
Item 100697
Samuel Washburn describes "USS Galena," Connecticut, 1862, 1862
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-04-16 Location: Mystic Bridge Media: Ink on paper
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900
"… and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900 Only the gunboat “Kennebec,” built by John Hilt, was launched in Thomaston during 1861 to serve in the US…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861
"… blockades to be destroyed at sea by Confederate gunboats. Except for those willing to risk their ships for considerable profits, the shipping…"
