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USS Sebago
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with USCGC Sebago (WHEC-42).
USS Sebago was a large (832 long tons (845 t)) steamer with very powerful guns and four howitzers, purchased by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War.
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Name | USS Sebago |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched |
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Commissioned | 26 March 1862 |
Decommissioned |
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Stricken | 1867 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 19 January 1867 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Double-ended gunboat |
Displacement | 832 long tons (845 t) |
Length | 228 ft 2 in (69.55 m) |
Beam | 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
Propulsion | 1 × 590 IHP, 44-inch bore by 7 ft stroke inclined direct-acting steam engine; sidewheels |
Speed | Unknown |
Complement | 156 |
Armament | 1 × 100-pounder Parrott rifle, 1 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren gun smoothbore, 4 × 24-pounder howitzers |
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With her large crew of 156 sailors, she served the Union Navy during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as a gunboat.