CSS Ellis

"The captured gunboat Ellis" (from The Long Roll)
History
Confederate States
Name	Ellis
Builder	Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware
Launched	1860
Commissioned	1861
Decommissioned	1862
Homeport	Norfolk, Virginia
Fate	Captured by U.S. Navy 10 February 1862; Destroyed to prevent recapture 25 November 1862
General characteristics
Displacement	100 tons
Draft	6 ft (1.8 m)
Installed power	steam
Propulsion	propeller
Complement	28 officers and men
Armament	1 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.