From Wikipedia.
The CSS Stono was originally the Union vessel USS Isaac Smith. built in 1861 for passenger service on the Hudson River and bought by the U.S. Navy in September 1861.
It was powered by a propeller, weighed 453 tons, 171 feet long, 56 crew and mounted one 30-pdr. Parrott rifle and eight 8-inch Dahlgren smoothbores.
Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Fleet and served from 1861-1862 and captured by the Confederates in 1863 and renamed the CSS Stono. Its fate is unknown according to Wikipedia.
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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