USS Gertrude

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USS Gertrude was the British blockade-running steamship Gertrude captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was placed in service by the Navy as a gunboat and assigned to patrol the southern coast of the United States for ships attempting to run the Union blockade of Southern ports. She was later the American merchant ship Gussie Telfair until wrecked in 1880.

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ship decommissioning
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ship launching
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SS Gussie Telfair (ex-USS Gertude)SS Gussie Telfair (ex-USS Gertude)
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