USS Braziliera
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USS Braziliera was a bark acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy primarily as a gunboat stationed off Confederate ports to prevent their trading with foreign countries.
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Name | USS Braziliera |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 1856 at Baltimore, Maryland |
Acquired | July 30, 1861 |
Commissioned | October 27, 1861 |
Decommissioned | 1865 |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, June 2, 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Bark |
Tonnage | 541 |
Length | 135 ft 8 in (41.35 m) |
Beam | 28 ft 7 in (8.71 m) |
Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Speed | 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
Complement | Unknown |
Armament | 6 × 32-pounder smoothbore guns |
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