CSS ''Gaines'' was a wooden
side wheel gunboat, weighing 863 tons, constructed by the
Confederates at
Mobile
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Alabama, during 1861–62. The ship was hastily built with unseasoned wood, which was partially covered with 2-inch iron plating. ''Gaines'' resembled
CSS ''Morgan'' except that she had high
pressure boilers. Operating in the waters of
Mobile Bay, under the command of
Lieutenant John W. Bennett,
CSN, she was heavily damaged during the
Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. She was sinking as she left the battle and became grounded while still in of water, within of
Fort Morgan. Two crewman died in the engagement, 3-4 were wounded, and 129 escaped to Mobile. Her hull may have been located in Mobile Bay in
1989
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, but the find has not been confirmed.
References
Gunboats of the Confederate States Navy
Ships built in Mobile, Alabama
1862 ships
Shipwrecks of the American Civil War
Shipwrecks of the Alabama coast
Maritime incidents in August 1864
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