USS Nipsic
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Nipsic was a gunboat in the Union Navy. The ship was laid down on 24 December 1862 by Portsmouth Navy Yard; launched on 15 June 1863; sponsored by Miss Rebecca Scott; and commissioned on 2 September 1863, Lieutenant Commander George Bacon in command.[citation needed]
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Nipsic at the Atrato River in Colombia | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Nipsic |
Laid down | 24 December 1862 |
Launched | 15 June 1863 |
Commissioned | 2 September 1863 |
Decommissioned | 1873 |
Refit | Broken up and rebuilt between 1873-1879 |
Recommissioned | 11 October 1879 |
Decommissioned | 2 October 1890 |
Refit | Rebuilt and extended, 1889-1890 |
Fate | Burned for salvage, late 1915. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Gunboat |
Displacement | 592 long tons (601 t) |
Length | 179 ft 6 in (54.71 m) |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
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In 1874 she was rebuilt as a new, and substantially larger, Adams/Enterprise-class gunboat. The Navy rebuilt some ships to new, when they could not get budget authorization for a new ship, but had significant funding for repairs. She would also be completely rebuilt in 1890 her length and beam extended and her tonnage increased.