USS Governor Buckingham

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Namesake: William A. Buckingham

Builder: Messrs Maxon Fish & Co.

Launched: 1863

Commissioned: 13 November 1863

Decommissioned: 27 March 1865

Sold: 1865

Chararcteristics

Displacement: 886 tons

Length: 32 ft. 2 in.

Draft: 12 ft.

Depth of hold: 17 ft.

Armament

1 x 100-pounder gun

1 x 120-pounder gun

4 x 30-pounder guns

Battles

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Captured blockade runner Antonica

Assisted in capturing the blockade runner Bendigo

30 September 1864 - helped in the destruction of the British-based blockade runner Black Hawk

1st Battle of Fort Fisher

2nd Battle of Fort Fisher