USS John Griffith (1861)
USS John Griffith (1861) was a mortar schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used for various purposes, but, especially for bombardment because of her large 13-inch mortar and 12-pounder howitzers that could fire up and over tall defensive riverbanks.
John Griffith was purchased by the Navy at New York City from B. P. Woolsey 16 September 1861; and commissioned at New York Navy Yard 20 January 1862, Lt. K. Randolph Breese in command.
Read more about USS John Griffith (1861): Assigned To Mississippi River Operations, Attack On Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip, Moving Up The River: Attack On Vicksburg, Reassigned To The South Atlantic Blockade, End-of-war Decommissioning and Sale
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