Ships & Vessels

Blue Wing No. 2
Originally a commercial vessel, the Blue Wing No. 2—a sidewheel paddleboat—was first used by the Confedera...
Celeste
As part of the Union’s Mississippi River Squadron, the sternwheel steamer Celeste served on the Mississippi ...
Commercial [Steamboat]
As part of the Union’s Mississippi River Squadron, the steamer Commercial served as an auxiliary vessel on t...
CSS Arkansas
During the Civil War, the Confederate navy’s ironclad vessel bearing the state’s name was the ram CSS Arka...
CSS General Earl Van Dorn
aka: CSS Van Dorn
aka: CSS Earl Van Dorn
aka: CSS General Van Dorn
aka: Junius Beebe
The CSS General Earl Van Dorn was a Confederate ram that saw combat...
CSS General M. Jeff Thompson
The CSS General M. Jeff Thompson was a Confederate ram that saw combat on the Mississippi River before being s...
CSS General Sterling Price
aka: CSS General Price
aka: CSS Price
aka: Laurent Millaudon
aka: L. Millandon
aka: Milledon
The CSS General Sterling Price was a Confederate ram that saw comba...
CSS Maurepas
Like many vessels that saw active military service with the Confederate navy during the Civil War, the CSS Mau...
CSS Pontchartrain
The CSS Pontchartrain was a Confederate warship that served on the Arkansas and White rivers. While it never s...
Dove [Steamboat]
As part of the Union’s Mississippi River Squadron, the steamer Dove served as a chartered vessel on the Miss...
Empress [Steamboat]
The Empress was a steamboat built in 1861 and frequently used by Union forces in the western waters during the...
Hallie [Steamboat]
The Hallie was a shallow-draft steam packet built in the spring of 1873 to trade along the waters of the Arkan...
Homer
The Homer was a steamboat that plied the waters of the Ouachita River in the early 1860s. It achieved signifi...
I Go [Steamboat]
aka: Igo
aka: New Igo
aka: New Iago
The I Go was a small steamboat often chartered by the Union militar...
J. H. Miller
The stern-wheel steamer J. H. Miller joined the Union navy’s Mississippi River Squadron and served under cha...
John D. Perry
The side-wheel steamer John D. Perry joined the Union navy’s Mississippi River Squadron, serving under chart...
Kaskaskia
The Kaskaskia was a small steamboat used by Confederate forces on Arkansas waters until its 1863 capture by Un...
Kate Hart
As part of the Union’s Mississippi River Squadron during the Civil War, the sternwheel steamer Kate Hart ser...
Mary Patterson [Steamboat]
The Mary Patterson was one of three vessels scuttled during the Civil War at St. Charles (Arkansas County) in ...
Mill Boy [Steamboat]
The Mill Boy was a small commercial steamboat that served as a portable grist mill and was later put in the se...
Resolute
The steam tug Resolute joined the Union navy’s Mississippi River Squadron, serving during the Civil War unde...
SS Ouachita Victory
The SS Ouachita Victory was a Victory ship launched on May 8, 1945, from Wilmington, California and named for ...
Steamboats (Civil War)
Steamboats during the Civil War won little glamour but played a critical role. With rivers serving as the life...
Sultana
The Sultana steamboat disaster in 1865, at the end of the Civil War, has been called America’s worst maritim...
USAV Gen. Brehon B. Somervell (LSV3)
The USAV Gen. Brehon B. Somervell (LSV3) is a Frank S. Besson–Class logistical support vessel named for Breh...
USNS Gilliland (T-AKR-298)
The USNS Gilliland is a Gordon-class large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) ship originally built as a D...
USNS Private William H. Thomas (T-AP-185)
aka: SS Alcoa Cruiser
aka: USS Rixey (AHP-3)
The USNS Private William H. Thomas was a Tryon-class evacuation tra...
USNS Sisler (T-AKR 311)
The USNS Sisler is a Watson-class large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ship (LMSR) launched in 1998 and named...
USNS Watkins (T-AKR-315)
The USNS Watkins is a Watson-class large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) ship launched in 2000 and named...
USS Admiral E. W. Eberle (AP-123)
aka: USNS General Simon B. Buckner
The USS Admiral E. W. Eberle was one of two ships named for Edward ...
USS Antrim (FFG-20)
The USS Antrim is an Oliver Hazard Perry–class guided missile frigate launched in 1979 and named after Richa...
USS Arkansas (BB-33)
The battleship USS Arkansas (BB-33) was the third ship of the U.S. Navy to bear the state’s name, the prior ...