USS Quaker City

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USS Quaker City

Laid down: Date unknown

Launched: 1854

Acquired: 25 April 1861

Commissioned: 14 December 1861

Stricken: 1865 (est.)

Fate: Sold, 20 June 1865

Continued to serve American commerce until 1869

Type: Steamship

Displacement: 1,428 long tons

Length: 244 ft. 8 in.

Beam: 36 ft.

Draft: 13 ft. 8 in.

Depth of Hold: 29 ft. 0.5 in

Propulsion: Steam engine, side wheel propelled

Armament

1 x 20-pounder Parrott rifle

8 x 32-pounder guns

Battles

Captured the North Carolina

Captured schooner Lynchburg

Captured schooner Fair Wind

Captured steamer Elsie

Cruised in search of CSS Sumter

Captured Model

Assisted capturing the Adela

Helped fight the CSS Chicora and Palmetto State as they attacked the Union squadron

1st Battle of Fort Fisher