USS Granite City (1863)
USS Granite City (1863) was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways until she, in turn, was captured by Confederate forces and destroyed in grounding.
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