Editing CSS Teaser (section)

{{Short description|US Civil War ship}}
{{Other ships|USS Teaser}}
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| Ship caption = The ''Teaser'' on repairs after capture.
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| Ship country = Confederate States
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Confederate States of America|1863}}
| Ship name = ''Teaser''
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| Ship operator = [[Confederate States Navy]]
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| Ship fate = Captured 4 July 1862
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United States|1865}}
| Ship name = ''Teaser''
| Ship operator = [[Union Navy]]
| Ship acquired = 4 July 1862
| Ship commissioned = 1862
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| Ship decommissioned = 2 June 1865
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| Ship fate = Sold into merchant service at auction 25 June 1865
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| Ship displacement = 64 tons
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| Ship propulsion = Steam engine
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| Ship complement = 25 officers and men
| Ship armament = *1 × 32-pounder rifled cannon
*1 × 12-pounder rifled cannon
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[[File:CSSTeaser.jpg|thumb|276x276px|CSS ''Teaser'' in combat with {{USS|Maratanza|1861|6}}, July 4, 1862.]]
[[File:CSSTeaser12pdr.jpg|thumb|12-pounder on the bow]]
[[File:CSSTeaserDeck.jpg|thumb|Deck detail]]
[[Image:Cannon Banded Rifle 6.4inch CSN1864.jpg|thumb|right|6.4-inch banded rifle, the stern pivot mount on the CSS ''Teaser''. These guns were made by banding and rifling the 32-pounder smoothbore. This image is from the Library of Congress.]]

'''CSS ''Teaser''''' had been the aging [[Georgetown, D.C.]] [[tugboat]] ''York River'' until the beginning of the [[American Civil War]], when she was taken into the [[Confederate States Navy]] and took part in the famous [[Battle of Hampton Roads]]. Later, she was captured by the [[United States Navy]] and became the first '''USS ''Teaser'''''.
[[File:19-N-12602 (37290393486).jpg|thumb|321x321px|The [[CSS Robert E. Lee|CSS ''Robert E. Lee'']] in the image is confused as the CSS ''Teaser''.]]