U.S.S. Choctaw
1863
(Aquarius AQ-S-11)
- Class: Choctaw - 1 river ironclad of 1863
- Displacement: 1,004 tons
- Dimensions: 260' x 45' x 8'
- Machinery: Side wheels, 2 engines, 6 boilers = 2 knots (upstream)
- Armor: 1" + 1" rubber casemate (forward)
- Armament: 1 100-pdr. Rifle, 3 9" Smooth Bore, 2 30-pdr. Rifles
- Complement: 106
- Builder: New Albany, Indiana
- Built: 1856
- Acquired: 27 Sep 1862
- Commissioned: 23 Mar 1863
- Decommissioned: 22 Jul 1865
- Notes: Converted from a merchant steamer to plans by William D. Porter. Armor and armament were too heavy for the hull. Rubber armor was useless. Transferred from Army 1 Oct 1862.
- Service: Bombardment and feigned attack (hit 53 times) at Haynes' Bluff, Miss., 29 Apr - 2 May 1863. Capture of Haynes' Bluff, Yazoo River, 18 May. Destruction of Yazoo City Navy Yard, 20-23 May. Red River Expedition, 12 Mar - 16 May 1864.
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