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Curlew (Packet/Gunboat, 1862-1865)

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BOAT DESCRIPTION: SternwheelBOAT TYPE: Packet/GunboatBUILT: 1861 at Elizabeth, PennsylvaniaFORMERLY: FlorenceOWNERS: U.S. Navy (1862); James Polakin (1865)OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1393; Originally the Florence. Taken over by the U.S. and renamed Curlew on December 17, 1862. She became a Civil War gunboat, tinclad #12. She was sold at Mound City, Illinois on August 17, 1865 to James PolakinPHOTO DESCRIPTION: Near Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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  1. Baton Rouge
  2. Gunboats
  3. Louisiana
  4. Packets
  5. Sternwheel Packets

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