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| History | |
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| Laid down | 1859 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania |
| Commissioned | 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 1865 |
| In service | 1862-1863 |
| Stricken | sold, September 1865 |
| Fate | civilian use until 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 198 tons |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel steamer |
Built in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in 1857, the steam ship Lioness was purchased by the War Department and converted to a ram ship for Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr.'s United States Ram Fleet. Commissioned in 1862, Lieutenant Warren D. Crandall in command, she joined the Union Mississippi River Squadron on the western rivers.
