USS Pontoosuc

USS_Pontoosuc

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USS Pontoosuc

Lithograph published by Endicott & Co., New York, circa 1865.

Collection of Commander Charles Moran, USNRF, 1935

Laid Down: 1863

Commissioned: 10 May 1864

Decommissioned: 5 July 1865

Fate: Sold, 3 October 1866

Characteristics

Class & Type: Sassacus-class gunboat

Tonnage: 974 long tons

Length: 205 ft.

Beam: 35 ft.

Draft: 9 ft.

Depth of Hold: 11 ft. 6 in.

Propulsion: Steam engine, side wheels

Armament

2 x 100-pounder Parrott rifles

4 x 9 in Dahlgren smoothbore guns

2 x 20-pounder Parrott rifles

1 x 12-pounder smoothbore

1 x 12-pounder rifle

2 x 24-pounder howitzers

Battles

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Pursuit of CSS Tallahassee

1st Battle of Fort Fisher

2nd Battle of Fort Fisher