Namesake: Osceola, noted Seminole chief

Builder: Curtis and Tilden, Boston, MA

Launched: 29 May 1863

Commissioned: 10 February 1864

Decommissioned: 13 May 1865

Recommissioned: 16 January 1867

Fate: Sold, 1 October 1867

4 March 1868: converted to 4-masted schooner to haul lumber

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Characteristics

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Class & type: Sassacus-class gunboat

Tonnage: 974 tons

Length: 205 ft.

Beam: 35 ft.

Draft: 8 ft. 8.5 in.

Depth: 11 ft. 6 in.

Propulsion: Steam

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