USS Montgomery
USS Montgomery
Launched: 1858
Acquired: by charter, May 1861
purchased, 28 August 1861
Commissioned: 27 May 1861
Decommissioned: 20 June 1865
Fate: Sold, 10 August 1865
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Characteristics
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Type: Steam gunboat
Displacement: 787 long tons
Length: 201 ft. 6 in.
Beam: 28 ft. 7 in.
Draft: 15 ft. 6 in.
Propulsion: Steam engine
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Armament
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1 x 8 in gun
4 x 32-pounder guns
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Battles
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Blockaded Apalachicola, FL and captured Finland
East Gulf Blockading Squadron
West Gulf Blockading Squadron
Burned the schooner Columbia
Captured British schooner Will o' the Wisp
Captured Blanche
Captured CSS Carolina
Captured sloop William E. Chester
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Capture of Pet
Destruction of blockade steamer Dove
Capture of Bendigo
Seizure of Bat
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
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