Post Civil War
After the Civil War, the hulk of Undine was one of several in the Tennessee River ordered raised or wrecked on 20 June 1865. Two 24 pounder howitzers were recovered from the vessel later that month.
In 2000, a group called "Raise the Gunboats" in Benton County, Tennessee attempted to salvage the remaining portions of the Undine. The group has had mixed success, with some artifacts from the gunboat recovered as well as a derrick boat from the turn of the century.
Read more about this topic: USS Undine (1863)
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