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- Acquisition: Launched at Boston, Mass., September, 1863; Purchased at Boston, Mass., October 28, 1863, from C. W. Wilder by Commodore J. B. Montgomery. commissioned, December, 1863.
- Cost: $58,000.
- Description:
- Class: Screw steamer.
- Rate, rig, etc.: 4th; schooner.
- Tonnage: 300.
- Dimensions:
- Length, 125'
- Beam, 23' 2"
- Depth, 12'
- Draft: Forward, 7' 6"; aft, 11'.
- Speed: Maximum, 11 to 12 knots; average, 8 knots.
- Engines: One condensing situated over the shaft. Diameter of cylinder, 36"; stroke, 36".
- Boilers: One single upper return fire, 23' 6" long, 11' wide; two furnaces, each 7' x 4' 2"; sixteen flues.
- Battery: January 20, 1864, 2 30-pdr. Par. rifles, 1 12-pdr. rifle, 1 heavy 12-pdr. S. B. b'dside; February 6, 1865, 2 30-pdr. Par. rifles, 1 heavy 12-pdr., 1 12-pdr. Par. rifle.
- Disposition: Sold at auction at Philadelphia Navy Yard for $14,000.
- Remarks: Name changed from Vicksburg when purchased; Sent to Halifax, December 9, 1863, in search of steamer Chesapeake seized by Confederate passengers, December 6, 1863; captured steamer Julia of Glasgow, December 23, 1864. Shared In proceeds of prize steamers Julia, Celt, Beatrice, Deer, and schooner Pocohontas. put out of commission at Philadelphia, May 12, 1865.
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