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USS Emma
Builder: Barclay Curle
Laid Down: date unknown
Launched: 24 November 1862
Captured: by Union forces, 24 July 1863
Acquired: 30 September 1863
Commissioned: 4 November 1863
Decommissioned: 30 August 1865
Stricken: 1865 (est.)
Fate: Sold, 1 November 1865
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Characteristics
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Displacement: 350 tons
Length: 156 ft.
Beam: 21 ft.
Draft: 9 ft. 4 in.
Propulsion: Greenock Foundry Company steam engine
screw-propelled
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Armament
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6 24-pounder howitzers
2 12-pounder rifles
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Battles
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Captured by the SS Arago off Wilmington, NC
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Joined in destruction of blockade runner Ella
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
Supported effort to prevent Pres. Jefferson Davis from fleeing
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