USS Nymph
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| History | |
|---|---|
  United States | |
| Ordered | as Cricket No. 3 |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1863 |
| Acquired | 8 March 1864 |
| Commissioned | 11 April 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 28 June 1865 |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, 17 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 171 tons |
| Length | 161 ft 2 in (49.12 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 4 in (9.25 m) |
| Draught |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 4 mph |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament | eight 24-pounder smoothbore guns |
| Armour | tinclad |
USS Nymph was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a dispatch boat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Cricket No. 3 commissioned as Nymph
[edit]Cricket No. 3, a stern wheel wooden river steamer built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1863, was purchased by the Navy at Cincinnati 8 March 1864, fitted out as a "tinclad" gunboat, and commissioned at Mound City, Illinois, as Nymph 11 April 1864, Acting Master Patrick Donnelly in command.
Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron
[edit]Nymph patrolled the Mississippi River and its tributaries through the end of the Civil War, helping to maintain Union lines of supply and communication.
Post-war decommissioning and sale
[edit]She decommissioned 2+1⁄2 miles above Cairo, Illinois, 28 June 1865 and was sold at public auction at Mound City 17 August 1865 to M. A. Hutchinson.
See also
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References
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
[edit]- Photo gallery at Naval Historical Center