USS Mohican
Namesake: Mohican
Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard
Laid Down: August 1858
Launched: 15 February 1859
Commissioned: 29 November 1859
Decommissioned: 25 June 1872
Fate: Broken up, 1873
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Characteristics
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Type: Steam sloop-of-war
Displacement: 1,461 long tons
Length: 198 ft. 9 in.
Beam: 33 ft.
Draft: 13 ft.
Propulsion: Steam Engine
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Armament
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2 x 11 in. guns
4 x 32-pounder guns
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Battles
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African Squadron
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Battle of Port Royal
Capture of British Blockade runner, Arrow
Helped to cut off Fort Pulaski from Savannah
Special service chasing Confederate raiders CSS Florida and Alabama returning to Philadelphia in April 1864
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Pacific Squadron
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