USS Calypso (1863)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Calypso.
The first USS Calypso was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
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Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | date unknown |
Acquired | 12 October 1863 |
Commissioned | 24 September 1863 |
Decommissioned | 15 August 1865 |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
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Fate | Sold, 30 November 1865 |
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Displacement | 630 tons |
Length | 175 ft 2 in (53.39 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
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Speed | 12 knots |
Complement | 70 officers and enlisted |
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Calypso was used by the Navy as a gunboat, and was ordered to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.