Governor Moore (gunboat) (original) (raw)
LSNS Governor Moore was a schooner-rigged steamer in the Confederate States Navy. Governor Moore had been Southern S. S. Company's Charles Morgan, named for the firm's founder and built at New York in 1854 as a schooner-rigged, low pressure, walking beam-engined, seagoing steamer. She was seized at New Orleans, Louisiana by Brigadier General Mansfield Lovell, CSA, in mid-January 1862 "for the public service." As a gunboat, renamed for Louisiana's Governor Thomas Overton Moore, her stem was reinforced for ramming by two strips of flat railroad iron at the waterline, strapped and bolted in place, with pine lumber and cotton-bale barricades to protect her boilers, but the Governor Moore was never commissioned as a ship in the Confederate States Navy.
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| dbo:abstract | LSNS Governor Moore was a schooner-rigged steamer in the Confederate States Navy. Governor Moore had been Southern S. S. Company's Charles Morgan, named for the firm's founder and built at New York in 1854 as a schooner-rigged, low pressure, walking beam-engined, seagoing steamer. She was seized at New Orleans, Louisiana by Brigadier General Mansfield Lovell, CSA, in mid-January 1862 "for the public service." As a gunboat, renamed for Louisiana's Governor Thomas Overton Moore, her stem was reinforced for ramming by two strips of flat railroad iron at the waterline, strapped and bolted in place, with pine lumber and cotton-bale barricades to protect her boilers, but the Governor Moore was never commissioned as a ship in the Confederate States Navy. The larger of two similar cotton-clads owned and operated by the State of Louisiana, Governor Moore was commanded for some time by Lieutenant Beverly Kennon, CSN, then serving as Commander in the Louisiana Provisional Navy without pay. She distinguished herself in the battle of 24 April 1862, when Admiral David Farragut, USN, passed Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip before dawn en route to capture New Orleans. After a furious exchange of raking fire, Governor Moore twice rammed USS Varuna, and a third thrust from another cottonclad forced Varuna aground. Next attacking USS Cayuga, Governor Moore exposed herself to fire from most of the Union flotilla. With practically her whole upper hamper shot away and 61 men dead or dying, she went out of command, drifting helplessly to shore, where her captain, pilot, and a seaman set her afire. Governor Moore blew up while they and three other survivors were being captured by USS Oneida's boats to be imprisoned on board USS Colorado; two-thirds of the two dozen or more crew members escaped into the marshes, the rest being captured by other ships' launches; no one drowned. "The pennant and remains of the ensign were never hauled down," wrote Kennon from Colorado. "The flames that lit our decks stood faithful sentinels over their halyards until they, like the ship, were entirely consumed. I burned the bodies of the slain. Our colors were shot away three times. I hoisted them myself twice; finally every stripe was taken out of the flag, leaving a small constellation of four little stars only, which showed to our enemy how bravely we had defended them." The ship sank with the Louisiana's colors flying.(It is unclear if the flag referred to was the Confederate Stars and Bars or Louisiana State banner of January 1861; the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships claims the latter.) (en) El LSNS Governor Moore era un barco de vapor equipado como una goleta en la Armada de los Estados Confederados. El Governor Moore había sido Charles Morgan de Southern S. S. Company, llamado así por el fundador de la empresa y construido en Nueva York en 1854 como un barco de vapor de navegación marítima con aparejo de goleta, baja presión y motor de viga. Fue apresada en Nueva Orleans, Luisiana por el general de brigada , CSA, a mediados de enero de 1862 "para el servicio público". Como cañonera, rebautizada en honor al gobernador de Luisiana , su vástago fue reforzado para embestir con dos tiras de hierro de ferrocarril plano en la línea de flotación, atadas y atornilladas en su lugar, con barricadas de madera de pino y balas de algodón para proteger sus calderas, pero el El Governor Moore nunca fue comisionado como barco en la Armada de los Estados Confederados. El Governor Moore, el más grande de dos revestimientos de algodón similares propiedad y operado por el estado de Luisiana, estuvo al mando durante algún tiempo de la teniente Beverly Kennon, CSN, que entonces se desempeñaba como comandante en la Armada Provisional de Luisiana sin paga. Se distinguió en la batalla del 24 de abril de 1862, cuando el almirante David Farragut, USN, pasó por y antes del amanecer en ruta para capturar Nueva Orleans. Después de un furioso intercambio de disparos rasantes, el Governor Moore embistió dos veces al , y un tercer empujón de otro ariete revestido obligó al Varuna a encallar. Luego, atacando al , el Governor Moore se expuso al fuego de la mayor parte de la flotilla de la Unión. Con prácticamente toda su cesta superior disparada y 64 hombres muertos o moribundos, perdió el mando y se dirigió impotente a la orilla, donde su capitán, el piloto y un marinero le prendieron fuego. El Governor Moore explotó mientras ellos y otros tres supervivientes eran capturados por los barcos del para ser encarcelados a bordo del ; dos tercios de las dos docenas o más de miembros de la tripulación escaparon a las marismas, el resto fue capturado por lanchas de otros barcos; nadie se ahogó. (es) |
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| dbo:status | Disabled by enemy fire, destroyed to prevent capture |
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| dbp:shipComplement | 93 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:shipCountry | Confederate States of America (en) |
| dbp:shipDecommissioned | 1862-04-24 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:shipDisplacement | 1215 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:shipFate | Disabled by enemy fire, destroyed to prevent capture (en) |
| dbp:shipLaunched | 1854 (xsd:integer) |
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| dbp:shipNotes | *74 casualties: *57 killed; *4 died of wounds; *13 wounded (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | LSNS Governor Moore was a schooner-rigged steamer in the Confederate States Navy. Governor Moore had been Southern S. S. Company's Charles Morgan, named for the firm's founder and built at New York in 1854 as a schooner-rigged, low pressure, walking beam-engined, seagoing steamer. She was seized at New Orleans, Louisiana by Brigadier General Mansfield Lovell, CSA, in mid-January 1862 "for the public service." As a gunboat, renamed for Louisiana's Governor Thomas Overton Moore, her stem was reinforced for ramming by two strips of flat railroad iron at the waterline, strapped and bolted in place, with pine lumber and cotton-bale barricades to protect her boilers, but the Governor Moore was never commissioned as a ship in the Confederate States Navy. (en) El LSNS Governor Moore era un barco de vapor equipado como una goleta en la Armada de los Estados Confederados. El Governor Moore había sido Charles Morgan de Southern S. S. Company, llamado así por el fundador de la empresa y construido en Nueva York en 1854 como un barco de vapor de navegación marítima con aparejo de goleta, baja presión y motor de viga. Fue apresada en Nueva Orleans, Luisiana por el general de brigada , CSA, a mediados de enero de 1862 "para el servicio público". Como cañonera, rebautizada en honor al gobernador de Luisiana , su vástago fue reforzado para embestir con dos tiras de hierro de ferrocarril plano en la línea de flotación, atadas y atornilladas en su lugar, con barricadas de madera de pino y balas de algodón para proteger sus calderas, pero el El Governor Moo (es) |
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