CSS ''Macon'' was a wooden-hulled gunboat ordered in 1861 from Henry F Willink's shipyard at

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, as ''Ogeechee''. There were to have been seven ''Macon''-class vessels, but the only other one completed was . ''Macon'' was long and wide, with a draft of . She was propelled by steam machinery and twin screw propellers, which could drive the ship at . ''Macon'' had an intended complement of 91, and was armed with six guns. The gunboat was launched as ''Ogeechee'' in 1863, but renamed ''Macon'' in June 1864, before completion. On 3 August 1864 she was commissioned, with Lieutenant J. S. Kennard, CSN, in command, although still lacking a full complement. ''Macon'' was initially deployed in the defense of Savannah. Savannah capitulated on 21 December and three days later ''Macon'' departed for

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, where she surrendered in May 1865, at the end of the war.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macon Steamships of the United States Gunboats of the Confederate States Navy 1863 ships