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USS Yantic

USS Yantic

USS Yantic
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USS Yantic
Namesake: Yantic River, CT
Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard
Launched: 19 March 1864
Commissioned: 12 August 1864
Reclassified: IX-32, 15 May 1921
Stricken: 9 May 1930
Fate: Sunk, 22 October 1929
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Characteristics
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Type: Gunboat
Displacement: 836 long tons
Length: 179 ft.
Beam: 30 ft.
Draft: 13 ft 9 in.
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Armament
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1 x 100-pounder Parrott rifle
1 x 30-pounder rifle
2 x 9 in. smoothbore Dahlgren guns
2 x 24-pounder howitzers
1 x 12-pounder guns
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Battles
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Pursuit of the CSS Tallahassee
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
Capture of Fort Anderson, NC
South American Waters
Asiatic Fleet
South American Waters
WWI - Training Ship
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