Laid down: 1860, as John P. King

Launched: 6 September 1860

Acquired: by purchase, 27 June 1861

Commissioned: 3 October 1861

Decommissioned: 21 April 1864

Renamed: Eagle, 1861

Rhode Island, 29 July 1861

Commissioned: 3 October 1864

Decommissioned: 1867

Renamed: Charleston, 8 November 1867

Fate: Sold for merchant service, 1 October 1867

Abandoned, 1885

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Characteristics

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Type: Steamer

Displacement: 1,517 long tons

Length: 236 ft. 2 in.

Beam: 36 ft. 8 in.

Draft: 15 ft.

Propulsion: Steam engine

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