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USS Chippewa

USS Chippewa under Construction at New York, 1861

Built By: Webb and Bell

Sailed: September 14, 1861

Commissioned: December 13, 1861

Decommissioned: June 24, 1865

 

Characteristics

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Type: Unadilla-class gunboat

Displacement: 691 tons

Length: 158 feet

Beam: 28 feet

Draft: 9 feet 6 inches

Depth to Hold: 12 feet

Propulsion: Single Screw

Sail Plan: Two-Masted Schooner

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Armament

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1 11-inch Dahlgren smoothbore

2 24-pounder smoothbore guns

2 20-pounder Parrott rifle

 

Battles

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North Atlantic Blockade

Fort Macon

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Fort Wagner

Broad River

Fort Fisher

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