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Fanny Midshipman James L. Tayloe, Commanding |
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The CSS Raleigh, CSS Junaluska, and the CSS Curlew captured the USS Fanny in the Pamlico Sound at Loggerhead Inlet on 1 October 1861. As the CSS Fanny, she was put in a sinking condition during the battle of Elizabeth City by a shot from the USS Commodore Perry; her captain ran her ashore near the battery at Cobb’s Point and set her afire. The wreck was salvaged in 1866. This was not the same Fanny that participated in the capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark. That ship was damaged and returned to its owners, being replaced by the chartered Phillip F. Heartt. The crew of the old Fanny swiped her name board off the stern and mounted it on their new ship. |
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Original Name |
Phillip F. Heartt |
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Tonnage |
145 22/95 tons |
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Rig |
Iron-hulled propeller steamer |
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Dimensions |
115 7/10’ x 18 3/10’ x 7 2/10’ |
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Built By |
N.A. |
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Location/Year |
New York, NY; 1845 |
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Home Port |
N.A. |
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Description |
N.A. |
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Engine/Boilers |
N.A. |
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Owner(s) |
N.A. |
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Commissioned |
N.A. |
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Armament |
1 banded rifled 32 pdr.; 1 rifled 8 pdr. |
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Harper’s Weekly drawing of the USS Fanny |
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Picture from the collection of the New York Historical Society of James H. Raymond capturing the flag of the CSS Fanny |
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