Namesake: Alabama

Builder: William H. Webb, New York City

Laid Down: 1849

Launched: 10 June 1850

Acquired: August 1861

Fate: Sold, mid July 1865; destroyed by fired in 1878

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Characteristics

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Type: Steamer

Displacement: 1,261 long tons

Length: 214 ft. 4 in.

Beam: 35 ft. 2 in.

Draft: 14 ft. 6 in.

Propulsion: Steam

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