USS Aries (1863)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Aries.
USS Aries was an 820-ton iron screw steamer built at Sunderland, England, during 1861–1862, intended for employment as a blockade runner during the American Civil War. She was captured by Union Navy forces during the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America, and was commissioned as a Union gunboat. Aries was named for the constellation.
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USS Aries, civil war era sketch. | |
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Namesake | Aries (constellation) |
Builder | James Laing's Deptford yard, Sunderland, England |
Laid down | 1861 |
Launched | 1862 |
Acquired | 20 May 1863 |
Commissioned | 25 July 1863 at the Boston Navy Yard |
Decommissioned | 14 June 1865 at the Boston Navy Yard |
Captured | by Union Navy forces, 28 March 1863 |
Fate | Sold 1 August 1865 and Scrapped in 1908 |
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Displacement | 820 tons |
Length | 201 ft (61 m) |
Beam | 27.8 ft (8.5 m) |
Draft | 15.7 ft (4.8 m) |
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Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 90 |
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Although sold by the United States Navy post-war in 1865, Aries – the first ship to bear that name for the U.S. Navy – continued her work in the merchant service for nearly half a century, before being scrapped in 1908.