Ordered: August 1861

Builder: James Eads and Company

Laid Down: 1861

Launched: 1861

Commissioned: 25 January 1862

Decommissioned: 1 October 1862

Transferred to US Navy

Commissioned: 1 October 1862

Fate: Sunk by Mine, 12 December 1862

Raised: 1964 - Museum Ship

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Characteristics

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Displacement: 512 Tons

Length: 175 feet

Beam: 51 feet 2 inches

Draft: 6 feet

Propulsion: Steam Engine

Paddle Wheel-propelled

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