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USS Cricket

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

Fort De Russy

White River Station

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