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USS Judge Torrence (1862)
USS "Judge Torrence" (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as an ammunition ship in support of the Union Navy.
Purchased for use as an ammunition ship.
"Judge Torrence" was a steamer purchased by the U.S. War Department 10 February 1862 for use as an ordnance ship in the Western Gunboat Flotilla organized by the Union Army on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers soon after the outbreak of
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