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The third USS Chippewa was a wooden screw steamer gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

Chippewa was launched 14 September 1861 by Webb and Bell , New York; outfitted at New York Navy Yard; and commissioned 13 December 1861, Lieutenant Andrew Bryson in command.

Sailing from New York 25 December 1861 Chippewa took station on the blockade between Fort Monroe, Virginia , and Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina , remaining there until 9 August 1862 except for a brief repair period at Baltimore, Maryland 8-13 March. During this time she exchanged fire with the enemy at Forts Macon and Caswell and Federal Point Batteries , and assisted in the capture of a blockade runner, the English brig Napier 29 July 1862. Chippewa arrived at the Washington Navy Yard, 10 August 1862.

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Chippewa departed Wilmington, North Carolina, 1 March 1865 and steamed up the James River for patrol duty until 15 May, engaging enemy batteries at Dutch Gap Canal on 1 and 2 April.

After cruising to Havana, Cuba, between 17 May and 12 June 1865, Chippewa arrived at Boston 17 June where she was decommssioned 24 June 1865, taken to New York 29 June and sold there 30 November 1865.

See USS Chippewa for other ships of this name.

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.