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USS Para

Built By: Purchased September 9, 1861

Sailed: Unknown

Commissioned: February 4, 1862

Decommissioned: August 5, 1865

 

Characteristics

Type: Schooner

Displacement: 200 tons

Length: 98 feet

Beam: 24 feet

Draft: 9 feet

Propulsion: Schooner Sail

Armament

1 13-inch Mortar

2 32-pounder guns

 

Battles

Gulf Blockading Squadron

Forts Jackson and St. Philip

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

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