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Caption: USS Carondelet
Additional Description: The Carondelet was a "City Class" river ironclad produced by James Eads in St. Louis, Missouri. These were called "Pook Turtles" for their designer, S.M. Pook. At the time of the campaign this ironclad carried four 8-inch smoothbore, one 42-pdr smoothbore, six 32-pdr smoothbore, one 50-pdr rifled gun, one 30-pdr rifled gun, and a 12-pdr howitzer. The Carondelet saw action in all the major naval operations in the west including Fort Donelson, Siege of Island No. Ten, Battle of Memphis, actions against the CSS Arkansas, and the Vicksburg and Red River campaigns. She was disarmed as sold at the end of the war.

[U.S. Naval Historical Center]
Submitted: October 10, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p38765
File Size: 0.111 Megabytes

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