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{|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption=Model of a gunboat of ''Hampton''. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Confederate States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Confederate States of America|naval}} |Ship name = ''Hampton'' |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=1862 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=1862 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned=April 3, 1865 |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Burned to prevent capture |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement=166 tons |Ship tons burthen= |Ship length={{convert|106|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|21|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|6|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=Steam engine |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement= |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=1 9" cannon, 1 32-pounder cannon |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |} '''CSS''' '''''Hampton''''' was a wooden [[gunboat]] of the [[Confederate States Navy]], one of the few [[Hampton class|''Hampton'' class]] gunboats to be built. ''Hampton'' was built at [[Norfolk Naval Shipyard]] in 1862 and based there until May 1862, when the yard was abandoned and the fleet moved up the [[James River]]. With [[Lieutenant]] [[John Herndon Maury]], CSN, in command, ''Hampton'' participated in significant river actions including the battle at [[Dutch Gap Canal|Dutch Gap]] on August 13, 1864; operations against [[Fort Harrison]] on September 29-October 1; and the engagement at [[Chaffin's Bluff]] on October 22. ''Hampton'' was burned by the Confederates as they evacuated [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] on April 3, 1865.
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