USRC Naugatuck is Named in Ten Publications
USRC Naugatuck , which was attached to the United States Revenue Marine, was an ironclad that served alongside USS Galena and USS Monitor during the American Civil War. Captain David C. Constable, while he held the rank of First Lieutenant, commanded the revenue-cutter while it provided assistance to the United States Army and the United States Navy. Sewell's Point, in the April of 1862, was bombarded by the United States Navy and by the United States Revenue-cutter Service. USRC Naugatuck , during the Bombardment of Sewell's Point, was engaged in an armed confrontation with CSS Virginia but it appears that two fighting vessels did not launch their projectiles at one another. A second meeting of CSS Virginia and USRC Naugatuck , which occurred in the May of 1862, resulted in an exchange of fire between the ironclads. USRC Naugatuck , according to James Fowler Rusling, was equipped with a gun that fired 250-pound projectiles while Mark Trafton cla...