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USS Choctaw
USS Choctaw
USS Choctaw
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USS Choctaw
on the Western Rivers, during the Civil War
Laid Down: 1853
Launched: 1856
Commissioned: 23 March 1863
Decommissioned: 22 July 1865
Fate: Sold, 28 March 1866
Characteristics
Displacement: 1,004 long tons
Length: 260 ft.
Beam: 45 ft.
Draft: 8 ft.
Propulsion: Steam Engine
Side Wheel-Propelled
Armament
1 x 100 pounder rifle
3 x 9 in. smoothbore cannon
2 x 30 pounder rifles
Battles
Yazoo River Exipedition
Red River Campaign
Battle of Fort DeRusssy
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