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USS John Griffith

Built By: Purchased September 16, 1861

Sailed: Unknown

Commissioned: January 20, 1862

Decommissioned: June 1, 1864

 

Characteristics

Type: Schooner

Displacement: 240 tons

Length: 113 feet 8 inches

Beam: Unknown

Draft: 8 feet 4 inches

Propulsion: Schooner Sail

Armament

1 13-inch Mortar

2 32-pounder guns

2 12-pounder howitzers

 

Battles

Mississippi River Squadron

Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Vicksburg

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

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