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USS Iosco

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USS_Iosco
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USS Iosco
Namesake: Native American meaning Water of Light
Launched: 20 March 1863
Commissioned: 26 April 1864
In service: 9 June 1864
Decommissioned: 28 July 1865
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Characteristics
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Class & type: Sassacus-class gunboat
Displacement: 1173 tons
Length: 240 ft.
Beam: 35 ft.
Propulsion: Sidewheeler
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Armament
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2 x 100-pounder Parrott rifles
4 x 9 in. Dahlgren ssmoothbore guns
2 x 24-pounder howitzers
1 heavy 12-pounder
1 12-pounder
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Battles
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Protected shipping in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
Expedition up the Roanoke River
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