USS Cossack (1861)

USS Cossack (1861)

The USS "Cossack" was a ship of the United States Navy, purchased for the Stone Fleet. It was beached on Tybee Island to act as a wharf for the landing of troops on 8 December, 1861, during the American Civil War.


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