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USS Keystone State (1853)
American sidewheel steamer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Keystone State.
USS Keystone State was a wooden sidewheel steamer that served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was a fast ship for her day and was used effectively to blockade Confederate ports on the Atlantic coast. She participated in the capture or destruction of 17 blockade runners. In addition to her military service, Keystone State had a lengthy commercial career before the war. Renamed San Francisco, she also sailed commercially after the war. The ship was built in 1853 and scrapped in 1874.
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Name | Keystone State |
Namesake | The state of Pennsylvania |
Owner | Philadelphia and Savannah Steam Navigation Company |
Builder | Vaughn & Lynn, Philadelphia |
Cost | $180,000 |
Launched | 18 June 1853 |
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Name | USS Keystone State |
Acquired |
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Commissioned | 19 July 1861 |
Decommissioned | 10 June 1863 |
Recommissioned | 3 October 1863 |
Decommissioned | 25 March 1865 |
Fate | Sold 15 September 1865 |
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Name | San Francisco |
Owner | William H. Webb |
Fate | Broken up in 1874 |
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General characteristics in naval service | |
Type | Gunboat |
Displacement | 1,364 long tons (1,386 t) |
Length | 220 ft (67 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft 10 in (6.65 m) |
Propulsion | |
Sail plan | Bark |
Speed | 9.5 kn (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h) |
Complement | 163 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 32-pounder guns, 30-pounder Parrott rifle, 50-pounder Parrott rifle |
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