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USS Norwich
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Norwich, a wooden, screw steamer built at Norwich, Connecticut in 1861, was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City 26 September 1861 from J. M. Huntington & Co.; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard 28 December 1861, Lieutenant James M. Duncan in command.
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Name | USS Norwich |
Laid down | 1861 |
Acquired | by purchase, 26 September 1861 |
Commissioned | 28 December 1861 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 1865 |
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Type | Screw steamer |
Displacement | 450 long tons (457 t) |
Length | 132 ft 5 in (40.36 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 16 ft 5 in (5.00 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
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