USS R. R. Cuyler
USS R. R. Cuyler
Namesake: President of Central Georgia Railroad
Laid Down: Date unknown
Launched: 1860
Acquired: May 1861
Commissioned: about June 1861
Decommissioned: 1 July 1865
Stricken: est. 1865
Fate: Sold, 15 August 1865
Sunk, September 1867
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Characteristics
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Displacement: 1,200 tons
Length: 237 ft.
Beam: 33 ft. 3 in.
Draft: 17 ft.
Propulsion: Steam engine
screw-propelled
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Armament
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8 32-pounder guns
2 rifles guns
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Battles
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Gulf Blockading Squadron
Captured and burned Finland
Capture of steamers A. J. View and Henry Lewis
Captured sloops Advocate, Express, and Osceola
Captured schooners Delight and Olive
Seized schooner J. W. Wilder
Captured schooner Jane
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
Capture of Fort Fisher