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USS Ceres
Built By: Keyport, New Jersey
Sailed: 1856
Commissioned: September 1861
Decommissioned: July 14,1865
Characteristics
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Type: Steam Gunboat
Displacement: 150 tons
Length: 108 feet 4 inches
Beam: 22 feet 4 inches
Draft: 6 feet 3 inches
Propulsion: Steam Engine
Side-wheeled Propelled
Armament
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1 30-pounder Rifle
1 32-pounder Smoothbore gun
Battles
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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
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