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USS Matthew Vassar

Built By: Purchased September 9, 1861

Sailed: Unknown

Commissioned: January 25, 1862

Decommissioned: July 10, 1865

 

Characteristics

Type: Schooner

Displacement: 216 tons

Length: 93 feet 7 inches

Beam: 27 feet 2 inches

Draft: 8 feet 6 inches

Propulsion: Schooner Sail

Armament

1 13-inch Mortar

2 32-pounder guns

 

Battles

Mississippi River Mortar Flotilla

Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Mobile Assault

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

East Gulf Blockading Squadron

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