CSS Ellis

For other ships with the same name, see USS Ellis.
"The captured gunboat Ellis" (from The Long Roll)
History
Confederate States
NameEllis
BuilderHarlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware
Launched1860
Commissioned1861
Decommissioned1862
Home portNorfolk, Virginia
Fate
  • Captured by U.S. Navy 10 February 1862;
  • Destroyed to prevent recapture 25 November 1862
General characteristics
Displacement100 tons
Draft6 ft (1.8 m)
Installed powersteam
Propulsionpropeller
Complement28 officers and men
Armament1 32-pounder rifled cannon, 1 12-pounder howitzer

CSS Ellis (later USS Ellis) was a gunboat in the Confederate States Navy and the United States Navy during the American Civil War. It was lost during a raid while under command of famed Navy officer Lieutenant William B. Cushing.

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