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Governor Moore

CSS Governor Moore

Scuttled

Confederate States Navy

TypeGunboat
WarAmerican Civil War
Main guns2 × 32-pounder guns

Louisiana state gunboat. Rammed Varuna, then was run ashore and burned.

Sepia wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1904, depicting the ship during her brief service as a Confederate cotton-clad gunboat on the lower Mississippi River. Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo: R.G. Skerrett, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 32-pounder rifled cannons
Launched1854
Commissioned1862
Displacement1215 tons
Complement93 officers and men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

1854

Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip
Scuttled

18–28 April 1862

Run ashore and burned after ramming Varuna