Ordered: 16 September 1861

Builder: H.L. & C.S. Bushnell, Mystic, Connecticut

Laid Down: 1861

Launched: 14 February 1862

Commissioned: 21 April 1862

Decommissioned: 17 June 1865

Stricken: 1870

Fate: Scrapped, 1872

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Characteristics

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Type: Ironclad Screw Steamer

Displacement: 965 Tons

Tons Burthen: 738

Length: 210 ft.

Beam: 36 ft.

Draft: 11 ft.

Depth of Hold: 12 ft. 8 in.

Installed Power: 800 ihp

2 boilers

Propulsion: 1 Shaft

1 Vibrating lever-steam engine

Sail Plan: Schooner rig

Speed: 8 knots

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