54 - C. S. S. Bienville Traditional Cache
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Acquisition.--Built by contract at Bayou St. John, Louisiana, with John Hughes & Co.
Cost.--$76,000.
Description.--Light-draft side-wheel river steamer, of yellow pine and white oak.
Engines.--Two high-pressure.
Boilers. --Two.
Battery.---February 27, 1862, 5 guns; April, 1862, 5 42-pounders, 1 small rifle.
Disposition.--Destroyed by her officers in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, in 1862.
Remarks.---Construction on the Bienville was commenced September 14, 1861, and she was completed about April 5, 1862. Her boilers and engines were second-hand
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