USS Fort Henry
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Not to be confused with USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43).
USS Fort Henry was a gunboat which saw service with the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Originally designed as a ferryboat, she was purchased by the Navy before entering commercial service and converted into a fighting vessel. During the war, she took part in the naval blockade of the Confederacy and captured a number of blockade runners. After the war, she was sold to a New York ferry company. Renamed Huntington, she operated for about two years as an East River ferry before being destroyed by fire in 1868.
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Name | USS Fort Henry |
Namesake | Fort Henry, a fortification on the Tennessee River |
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Operator | See owners |
Christened | Fort Henry |
Completed | 1862 |
Acquired | (by USN): 25 March 1862 |
Commissioned | 3 April 1862 |
Decommissioned | 8 July 1865 |
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Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Identification | Official no. 11460 |
Fate | Destroyed by fire at Hunter's Point, 22 February 1868 |
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Tonnage | 552 |
Displacement | 519 tons |
Length | 150 ft 6 in (45.87 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine; sidewheels |
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