Armament

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1 x 11-in Dahlgren smoothbore gun

10 x 9-in Dahlgren smoothbore guns

5 x 12-pounder guns

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Battles

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Home Squadron

East Indian Squadron

Perry's flagship during his visit until the Convention of Kanagawa

August 1855 - accompanied HMS Rattler against Chinese pirates

13 February 1860 - accompanied the Japanese ship Kanrin Maru en route  to San Francisco

Assisted in relief of Fort Pickens, but was supposed to relief Fort Sumter, but Secretary Seward signed the order for Fort Pickens so it was obeyed

Blockade of Mobile, Alabama

Captured schooner  Mary Clinton

Blockade of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River

Chased the CSS Sumter throughout the West Indies

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Captured schooner Major E. Willis and sloop C. Routereau

West Indies

1st Battle of Fort Fisher

2nd Battle of Fort Fisher

South Pacific Squadron

North Atlantic Squadron

Numerous cruises to Cuban waters

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