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The Union Navy suffered at least 1,710 personnel wounded in action, injured, or disabled by disease. [18] The Union Navy started the war with 8,000 men, 7,600 enlisted men of all ratings and some 1,200 commissioned officers. The number of hands in the Union Navy grew five times its original strength at the war's outbreak.
Pages in category "Ships of the Union Navy" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 753 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Vessels converted from civilian steamboats by arming them, adding a wooden casemate, and armoring portions of the vessel, were referred to as tinclad warships.The Union Navy used tinclad warships during the American Civil War, mostly converted civilian ships, although a few were purpose-built for the United States War Department; some had formerly been in Confederate service.
Pages in category "Ironclad warships of the Union Navy" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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In summary, during the run of the fleet past the forts, the Union Navy lost one vessel, while the defenders lost twelve. Historian John D. Winters in The Civil War in Louisiana (1963) noted that with few exceptions the Confederate fleet at New Orleans had "made a sorry showing. Self-destruction, lack of co-operation, cowardice of untrained ...
View of the Stone Fleet which sailed from New Bedford, Nov. 16, 1861. The Stone Fleet consisted of a fleet of aging ships (mostly whaleships) purchased in New Bedford and other New England ports, loaded with stone, and sailed south during the American Civil War by the Union Navy for use as blockships.
SSV-33 (Pacific Fleet communications ship, based upon the Kirov-class battlecruiser hull) Lun-class ekranoplan (Commissioned as a ship and used as one). VMF Kommuna is a salvage vessel, and having been launched in 1915, one of the oldest naval vessels still in service in a major navy of the world.