USS Marmora (1862)

USS Marmora (1862)

USS Marmora was a stern wheel paddle steamer in the United States Navy.

Marmora was built at Monongahela, Pennsylvania, in 1862, was purchased by the Navy at St. Louis, Missouri, on 17 September 1862 from Messrs. Brenan, Nelson, and McDonnell; and commissioned at Carondelet, Missouri, on 21 October 1862, Captain Robert Getty in command.

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