USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga
Builder: New York Navy Yard
Laid Down: 1861
Launched: 1861
Commissioned: 12 May 1863
Decommissioned: 5 May 1865
Recommissioned: 1866
Decommissioned: 24 October 1874
Recommissioned: 5 November 1878
Decommissioned: 10 September 1882
Fate: Sold, 5 August 1887
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Characteristics
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Type: Screw sloop-of-war
Displacement: 2,526 long tons
Length: 237 ft.
Beam: 38 ft. 2 in.
Draft: 17 ft. 6 in.
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Armament
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1 x 150-pounder Parrott rifle
1 x 50-pounder Dahlgren rifle
6 x 90-in Dahlgren smoothbores
2 24-pounder howitzers
2 x 12-pounder rifles
2 x heavy 12-pounder smoothbores
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Battles
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West Indies Squadron
Searched unsuccessfully for CSS Chesapeake
10 July 1863 - ordered to destroy the CSS raider Florida - her search took her as far south as CAbo Sao Roque, when she had to return to Philadelphia for repairs
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
European Squadron
South Atlantic Squadron
North Atlantic Squadron
5 November 1878 - Ordered to embark on a cruise around the world visiting 40 ports
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