| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Ordered | as Emma Brown |
| Laid down | 1863 |
| Launched | 1863 |
| Acquired | 21 November 1863 |
| Commissioned | February 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 7 July 1865 |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Fate | Sold 17 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 117 tons |
| Length | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draught | 4 ft (1.2 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 4 knots |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament | six 12-pounder rifles |
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She was the first ship to be named Gazelle by the Navy after being purchased at Cincinnati, Ohio, 21 November 1863, as the Emma Brown. She was commissioned February 1864 at Cairo, Illinois., with Acting Master Charles Thatcher in command.
Gazelle reached the mouth of the Red River in time to join Admiral David Dixon Porter’s joint Army-Navy expedition of 12 March-22 May 1864. The operation was part of the campaign against Texas designed to gain a strong foothold there and to thwart the French intervention in Mexico.
Serving between the mouth of the Red River and Grand Ecore, Louisiana, Gazelle engaged enemy shore units, convoyed Union Army transports, and patrolled the river while Union Navy gunboats assisted in the capture of Fort De Russy.
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She decommissioned there 7 July 1865; she was sold 17 August 1865 to Henry Scott et al. She was redocumented as Plain City 23 October and operated until abandoned in 1869.
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