History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Narcissus |
Launched | July 1863 |
Acquired | by purchase, 23 September 1863 |
Commissioned | 2 February 1864 |
Fate | Sank, 4 January 1866 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steam gunboat |
Displacement | 101 long tons (103 t) |
Length | 81 ft 6 in (24.84 m) |
Beam | 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m) |
Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 19 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 1 × 20-pounder Parrott rifle, 1 × heavy 12-pounder |
U.S.S. Narcissus (tugboat) Shipwreck | |
Location | Egmont Key, Florida United States |
Coordinates | 27°37′28″N 82°48′3″W / 27.62444°N 82.80083°W |
Built | 1863 |
NRHP reference No. | 06000619[1] |
FUAP No. | 12 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 15 October 2018[1] |
Designated FUAP | 2015[2] |
USS Narcissus was a screw steamer launched in July 1863 as Mary Cook at East Albany, N.Y. It was purchased by the Union Navy in New York City on September 23rd, 1863 from James D. Stevenson; and commissioned at New York Navy Yard on February 2nd, 1864, with Acting Ensign William G. Jones in command.
On 19 October 2018, the shipwreck was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]