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USS Pequot

USS Pequot

Namesake: Pequot tribe

Launched: 4 June 1863

Commissioned: 15 January 1864

Decommissioned: 3 June 1865

Fate: Sold 1869

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Characteristics

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Type: Gunboat

Length: 190 ft.

Beam: 29 ft.

Draft: 12 ft.

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Armament

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1 x 50-pounder gun

1 x 30-pounder Parrott rifle

6 x 32-pounder guns

2 x 24-pounder howitzers

1 x heavy 12-pounder gun

1 x 12-pounder rifle

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Battles

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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Captured British Blockade runner Don

1st Battle of Fort Fisher

2nd Battle of Fort Fisher

Helped captured Fort Anderson

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