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USS Malvern

USS Malvern

USS Malvern
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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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