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USS Owasco
USS Owasco (1861)
USS Owasco (1861)
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USS Owasco
Built By: Charles Mallory, Mystic, Connecticut
Sailed: October 5, 1861
Commissioned: January 22, 1862
Decommissioned: July 12, 1865
Characteristics
Type: Unadilla-class Gunboat
Displacement: 694 tons
Length: 158 feet
Beam: 28 feet
Draft: 9 feet 6 inches
Propulsion: Steam Engine with Sails
Armament
1 11-inch Dahlgren Smoothbore
2 24-pounder Smoothbore
2 20-pounder Parrott rifle
Battles
West Gulf Blockading Squadron
Forts St. Philip and Jackson
Capture of New Orleans
Galveston
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