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The
United States Navy
in the
Civil War
 

U.S.S. ABEONA

 

Acquisition:   Purchased at Cincinnati, Ohio, December 21, 1864, by Paymaster C. C. Jackson.
Cost:   $37,000.
Description:
Class: Side-wheel steamer.
Rate: 4th.
Tonnage:   206.
Dimensions:  
Length, 157'
Beam, 31½'
Depth, 4½'
Draft:   Light.
Battery:   March 31, 1865, 2 30-pdr. Parrott rifles, 2 24-pdr. S. B., 2 12-pdr. Parrott rifles.
Disposition:   Sold, August 17, 1865, at Mound City, Ill., to J. A. Williamson et al for $13,400, by Sol A. Silver.
Remarks:   [Ed Note: The remarks, taken from the ORN, probably refer to a different vessel, see DANFS entry] Wrecked, June 17, 1867; recovered and received at New York, November, 1867; in 1891, at Washington Navy Yard.




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