Name George Page Decommissioned March 9, 1862 Armament 2 guns Weight 416.6 tons | Commissioned May 1861 Propulsion Steam engine Launched 1853 Displacement 371,900 kg | |
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Fate Burned to prevent capture | ||
CSS George Page, a 410-ton sidewheel steamship, was originally built as a transport at Washington, D.C. in 1853.
She was attached to the Quartermaster's Department of the United States Army, until captured by the Confederates at nearby Aquia Creek, Virginia in May 1861, when she became a part of the Virginia Navy. In June 1861 Virginia transferred her vessels to the Confederate States Navy and George Page, commanded by Lieutenant Charles Carroll Simms, CSN, was fitted out for river defense service, and sometime later renamed City of Richmond. Her upper works may have been removed at this time.
She operated in the Potomac River in the vicinity of Quantico Creek. On July 7, 1861, she was damaged by gunfire from USS Pocahontas. George Page was destroyed by her crew upon abandonment of the Evansport batteries on March 9, 1862.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.