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USS Fort Jackson

USS Fort Jackson

Namesake: Fort Jackson, LA

Builder: Jeremiah Simonson

Launched: 30 October 1862

Commissioned: 18 August 1863

Decommissioned: 7 August 1865

Fate: Sold, 27 September 1865

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Characteristics

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Type: Wooden sidewheel-steamer

Displacement: 1,850 long tons

Length: 250 ft.

Beam: 38 ft. 6 in.

Draft 18 ft.

Propulsion: Steam engine

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Armament

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1 x 100-pounder rifle

2 x 30-pounder rifles

8 x 9 in smoothbore guns

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Battles

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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Captured blockade runner Thistle

Captured blockade runner Boston

Captured CSS Wando

1st Battle of Fort Fisher

24 December 1864: converted into a hospital ship

2nd Battle of Fort Fisher

West Gulf Blockading Squadron

Captured blockade runner Denbigh

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