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USS Lafayette

USS Lafayette

Armament

2 x 11-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns

4 x 9-inch Dalhgren smoothbore guns

2 x 100-pounder Parrott rifle guns

Battles

Grand Gulf

Vicksburg

Red River Campaign

Built By: Aleck Scott, St. Louis, 1848

Acquired: 18 May 1862

Commissioned: 27 February 1863

Decommissioned: 23 July 186a5

Fate: Sold, 28 March 1866

Characteristics

Type: Ironclad Ram

Displacement: 1,193 Long tons

Length: 280 feet

Beam: 45 feet

Draft: 8 feet

Propulsion: Steam Engine

Speed: 4 knots

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