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USS Malvern

USS Malvern at the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1865

Built by: Harlan and Hollingsworth Co., Wilmington, DE

Laid down: date unknown

Launched: 1860

Captured: At sea by Union forces, April 1863

Acquired: 10 December 1863

Commissioned: 9 February 1864

Decommissioned: 24 October 1865

Stricken: 1865 (est.)

Fate: Sold, 1866

Lost at sea, February 1895

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Characteristics

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Displacement: 1,477 tons

Length: 239 ft. 4 in.

Beam: 33 ft.

Draft: 10 ft. 

Propulsion: steam engine
 

Armament

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Battles

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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

1st Battle of Fort Fisher

2nd Battle of Fort Fisher

Captured blockade running steamers

Stag and Charlotte off New Inlet, NC

Battle of Fort Anderson

Last notable service was to transport President Lincoln up the James River to Richmond

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