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USS Romeo was asternwheel steamer that saw service as atinclad warship during theAmerican Civil War. Completed in August 1862 as a civilian merchant vessel, she was instead purchased by theUnion Navy in October.Commissioned in December, she cleared naval mines from theYazoo River later that month before participating in operations againstConfederate-heldFort Hindman in January 1863.Romeowas involved in some of the operations of theVicksburg campaign in 1863, particularly theYazoo Pass expedition. Later in 1863,Romeo was involved in part of theLittle Rock campaign. During February 1864, she was part of an expedition up the Yazoo River toYazoo City, Mississippi. She spent most of the rest of the war patrolling theMississippi River, encountering Confederate land forces on several occasions.Romeo was declaredsurplus at the end of the war and was sold to civilian owners. Eventually converted into asidewheel steamer,Romeo ceased to appear in the shipping registers in 1870.(Full article...)
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