USS Carondolet Model
USS Carondolet Model
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- Description
- Physical Description
- Wooden model with plastic parts.
- Specific History
- Model built to the plans of William Geoghagen.
- General History
- USS Carondolet was a 512-ton ironclad gunboat in the style of the Cairo. It was built in Saint Louis and commissioned in January 1862. Within a month it had contributed to the capture of both Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. The Carondolet fought in more engagements than any ship until World War II, including the capture of a Confederate fortress at Island Number Ten, operations against Fort Pillow, near Memphis, and a major campaign against Vicksburg, Mississippi. The only real opposition the Carondolet faced was in the Yazoo River when it engaged the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas. On July 15, 1862, the Carondolet was severely damaged by the Arkansas. After repairs, the Carondolet and the other ships of the army’s Western Gunboat Flotilla were transferred to the U.S. Navy. It was decommissioned in 1865.
- Object Name
- model, ship
- Other Terms
- model, ship; Ship; Paddle Wheeler, Steam; Gunboat, River; 13 Guns
- Date made
- 1961
- associated date
- 1862
- decommissioning
- 1865
- made original plans
- Geoghegan, William Earle
- maker
- Tragle, Thomas E.
- used
- United States: Missouri
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 in x 43 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 60.96 cm x 111.125 cm x 31.75 cm
- ID Number
- AF.58945N
- catalog number
- 58945-N
- accession number
- 241885
- subject
- Ships
- Naval History
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Naval
- Military
- ThinkFinity
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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