The New York Paper sure thought former Chief Engineer Michael Quinn had something to do with the engine problem on the USS Mississippi (from a couple blogs ago). I'd have to agree that this is a distinct possibility, but I couldn't learn anything more about the incident. I also couldn't find out much about the man.
But, I did find this. His name was struck from the Navy on May 18, 1861 and he later became chief engineer, CSN, on the CSS Virginia and was the man put in charge of recovering the engines from the sunken USS Merrimack at Norfolk, Virginia, and placing them on the new ironclad CSS Virginia being constructed from the ship's remains.
A Story of Civil War Sabotage. Did He? --Old B-R'er
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