Signal (Packet/Gunboat, 1862-1864)

Photographer

Lytle, Andrew

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet/Gunboat
• BUILT: 1862 at Wheeling, Virginia
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Captured by the Confederates on May 5, 1864 at Dunn's Bayou on the Red River, Louisiana
• OWNERS: U.S. Navy
• RIVERS: Red River (Louisiana)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 5104; Built as a packet, she was purchased by the U.S. Navy on September 22, 1862 and converted into a gunboat, tinclad #8. Kept her original name of Signal
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Near Baton Rouge, Louisiana