USS Santiago de Cuba
USS Santiago de Cuba
Builder: Jeremiah Simonson
Launched: 2 April 1861 at Brooklyn, NY
Acquired: 6 September 1861
Commissioned: 5 November 1861
Decommissioned: 17 June 1865
Fate: Sold, 21 September 1865
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Characteristics
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Displacement: 1,567 tons
Length: 229 ft
Beam: 38 ft.
Draft: 16 ft. 2 in.
Depth of hold: 27 ft.
​Propulsion: Walking beam steam engine
side-mounted paddlewheels
1877: converted to propeller steamer
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Armament
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2 20-pounder Parrott rifles
8 32-pounder guns
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Battles
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East Gulf Blockading Squadron
Captured British blockade runner Victoria
Captured British schooner Eugenia Smith
Captured steamer Ella Warley
Captured schooner Mersey
Captured schooner Maria
Captured schooner Lucy C. Holmes
Captured steamer Columbia
Captured steamer Lizzie
Captured steamer A. D. Vance
Captured iron-hulled steamer Lucy
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
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