USS Water Witch
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Three ships in the United States Navy
have been named USS Water Witch.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have been named USS Water Witch.
- USS Water Witch (1845)USS Water Witch (1845)USS Water Witch was a steamer designed and constructed by the U.S. Navy as an experimental improved version of its current steam-powered ships which were not considered as efficient as they should be....
was a steamer built in 1844 and 1845 - USS Water Witch (1847)USS Water Witch (1847)USS Water Witch was a steamer in the service of the United States Navy. She participated in the Mexican-American War which lasted from 1846 to 1848.The second Water Witch was a modification of the hull of the first...
was a modification of the hull of the first, launched in 1847. Her machinery went to the third ship. - USS Water Witch (1851)USS Water Witch (1851)The third USS Water Witch was a wooden-hulled, sidewheel gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She is best known as the ship fired on by Paraguay in 1855...
was a wooden-hulled, sidewheel gunboatGunboatA gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
, launched in 1851. She was shot at on an expedition to ParaguayParaguayParaguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
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