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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