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USS Choctaw (1856)
Union gunboat and ram / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Choctaw.
USS Choctaw was a large (1,004-ton) steamer built for the merchant service, but acquired by the Union Navy during the second year of the American Civil War.
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![]() USS Choctaw off Vicksburg | |
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Laid down | 1853 |
Launched | 1856 |
Commissioned | 23 March 1863 |
Decommissioned | 22 July 1865 |
Fate | Sold, 28 March 1866 |
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Displacement | 1,004 long tons (1,020 t) |
Length | 260 ft (79 m) |
Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
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Speed | 2 knots (4 km/h) upstream |
Complement | 106 officers and men |
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Choctaw, with her crew of 106, was outfitted by the Navy as a ram with heavy rifled guns and was used both as a gunboat and as a ram on the rivers of the Confederate States of America.