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USS Kansas

USS Kansas on the James River, Virginia

Note her white smokestack, and three officers seated on shore.

Namesake: The Kansas River

Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard

Launched: 29 September 1863

Commissioned: 21 December 1863

Decommissioned: 10 August 1875

Fate: Sold 27 September 1883

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Characteristics

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Displacement: 625 tons

Length: 129 ft. 6 in.

Beam: 29 ft. 

Draft: 10 ft. 6 in.

Propulsion: Steam Engine, Screw Propelled

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Armament

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1 x 150-pounder rifle

2 x 12-pounder rifles

2 x 20-pounder Dahlgren rifles

2 x 9-in Dahlgren smoothbores

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Battles

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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Engaged CSS Raleigh

Captured British steamer Tristram Shandy

Captured the steamer Annie

Forced Steamer Stormy Petrel ashore

Fort Fisher

South Atlantic Ocean tour

North Atlantic Ocean tour

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