USS Unadilla
USS Unadilla (foreground) and another Unadilla-class vessel
during the Civil War
Namesake: Unadilla River, NY
Launched: 17 August 1861
Commissioned: 30 September 1861
Decommissioned: 4 May 1865
Out of Service: 1869
Stricken: 1869
Fate: Sold, 9 November 1869
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Characteristics
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Class & Type: Unadilla-class gunboat
Displacement: 691 tons
Tonage: 507 tons
Length: 158 ft.
Draft: 9 ft. 6 in.
Depth of hold: 12 ft.
Propulsion: 2 x 200 ihp 30-in bore by 18 in
stroke horizontal back-acting engines,
single screw
Sail plan: Two-masted schooner
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Armament
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1 x 11-in Dahlgren smoothbore
2 x 24-pounder smoothbore
2 x 20-pounder Parrott rifle
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Battles
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South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Capture of Fort Walker and Fort Beauregard, in Port Royal, SC
Off Beaufort, NC
Saint Helena Sound, SC
Conducted survey of Ashepoo River, SC
Patrol in Wright's River, SC
28 January 1862 - drove 2 steamers away from Fort Pulaski, GA
Blockade Duty off Charleston, SC
Stono Inlet and Stone River
Captured the British blockade-running steamer Lodona
29 January 1863 - captured the screw steamer Princess Royal after chasing the blockade runner aground
Charleston Blockade
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Dispatched off New Inlet, NC
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
Battle of Fort Anderson
James River, VA
Asiatic Squadron for use in the suppression of Chinese pirates
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