CSS A. B. Seger

The A. B. Seger (sometimes called the Seger, Segar, or Segur) was acquired by the Confederate States Navy in 1861 for service as a gunboat in Berwick Bay, Louisiana. The steamer operated with the naval force of Flag Officer George N. Hollins, CSN, who was charged with the defence of the Mississippi River and Louisiana coast.

CSS A. B. Seger

History
Confederate States of America
Name	CSS A. B. Seger
Acquired	1861
General characteristics
Type	dispatch boat
Displacement	30 tons
Length	55 ft (17 m)
Propulsion	2 locomotive engines
Armament	2 guns

The little gunboat was powered by two locomotive engines with "cylinders bolted to the top of and axis parallel to" her boiler—also from a railway locomotive. During 1862 A. B. Seger served as a dispatch boat, commanded by Acting Master I. C. Coons. As the Federal Flotilla under Lt. Comdr. Buchanan proceeded up Atchafalaya Bay on 1 November 1862, A. B. Seger was run aground and abandoned near Berwick Bay. She was then seized and placed in service by the Union.

Specification

The ship was a side wheel steamer of 30 tons, 55 feet (17 m) long and mounting two guns.

Bibliography

• Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). Civil War Navies 1855–1883. The U.S. Navy Warship Series. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-97870-5.

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. c