USS Conemaugh (1862)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Conemaugh.
USS Conemaugh was a side-wheel steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. With her large crew of 125 and her powerful guns, she was assigned as a gunboat on the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America.
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USS Conemaugh | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Conemaugh |
Namesake | Conemaugh River in Pennsylvania |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 1 May 1862 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine |
Commissioned | 16 July 1862 |
Decommissioned | 27 July 1867 |
Stricken | 1867 (est.) |
Fate | Sold on 1 October 1867 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Gunboat |
Displacement | 955 long tons (970 t) |
Length | 233 ft 9 in (71.25 m) |
Beam | 34 ft 10 in (10.62 m) |
Draught | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
Complement | 125 |
Armament | 1 × 100-pounder rifle, 1 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore gun, 6 × 24-pounder smoothbore guns, 1 × 12-pounder smoothbore gun |
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