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USS Hartford
USS Hartford by E. Arnold
USS Hartford by E. Arnold
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USS Hartford
Painted by E. Arnold
Builder: Boston Navy Yard
Launched: 22 November 1858
Commissioned: 27 May 1859
Decommissioned: 20 August 1926
Fate: Sank at her berth 20 November 1956
Characteristics
Sloop-of-War
Displacement: 2900 tons
Length: 225 feet
Beam: 44 feet
Draft: 17 feet 2 inches
Propulsion: Steam Engine & Sails
Armament
20 x 9-inch smoothbore Dahlgren guns
2 x 20-pounder Parrott rifles
2 x 12-pounder guns
Engagements
East India Squadron
West Gulf Blockading Squadron
Battle of Mobile Bay
Asiatic Squadron
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