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USS Gemsbok
Built By: Unknown
Sailed: Unknown
Commissioned: September 7, 1861
Decommissioned: July 11, 1865
Characteristics
Type: Sail
Displacement: 622 long tons
Length: 141 feet 7 inches
Beam: 31 feet
Draft: 17 feet
Propulsion: Sail
Armament
4 8-inch guns
2 32-inch guns
Battles
Atlantic Blockade Flagship
Stationed off Wilmington, North Carolina
Served as collier and storeship
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