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USS Richmond

USS Richmond at Baton Rouge, 1863

Builder: Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Launched: 26 January 1860

Commissioned: 1860

Stricken: June 1919

Fate: Sold, 23 July 1919

Characteristics

Displacement: 2,604 tons

Length: 225 feet

Beam: 42.6 feet

Draft: 17.45 feet

Propulsion: Steam

Armament

1 x80-pounder Dahlgren smoothbore gun

20 x 9-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns

1 x 30-pounder Parrott rifle

Engagements

Mississippi River Blockade

Capture of New Orleans

Vicksburg Campaign

Siege of Port Hudson

Battle of Mobile Bay

West Indies Squadron

North Atlantic Station

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