CSS Teaser
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Teaser.
CSS Teaser had been the aging Georgetown, D.C. tugboat York River until the beginning of the American Civil War, when she was taken into the Confederate States Navy and took part in the famous Battle of Hampton Roads. Later, she was captured by the United States Navy and became the first USS Teaser.
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The Teaser on repairs after capture. | |
History | |
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Confederate States | |
Name | Teaser |
Operator | Confederate States Navy |
Commissioned | 1861 |
Fate | Captured 4 July 1862 |
United States | |
Name | Teaser |
Operator | Union Navy |
Acquired | 4 July 1862 |
Commissioned | 1862 |
Decommissioned | 2 June 1865 |
Fate | Sold into merchant service at auction 25 June 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 64 tons |
Length | 80 ft (24 m) |
Beam | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Complement | 25 officers and men |
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