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USS Cricket
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USS Cricket
Built: Pittsburgh, PA
Purchased: 18 November 1862
Commissioned: 19 January 1863
Decommissioned: 31 May 1864
In Service: 13 August 1864
Out of Service: 30 June 1865
Sold: 17 August 1865
Characteristics
Displacement: 178 tons
Length: 154 ft 1 in
Beam: 28 ft 2 in
Draft: 4 ft
Propulsion: Steam Engine
Stern Wheel-Propelled
Speed 6 knots
Armament
6 24-pounder howitzers
Battles
Guard Duty at Memphis
Argyle Landing
Greenville, MS
Red River Campaign
White River Station
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