USS Rosalie
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Rosalie was a captured Confederate sloop acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War.
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Acquired | 6 May 1863 |
Commissioned | June 1863 |
Decommissioned | June 1865 |
Captured |
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Fate | Sold, 28 June 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 28 tons |
Length | 45 ft (14 m) |
Beam | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Draft | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) |
Depth of hold | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
Propulsion | sail |
Armament | one 12-pounder smoothbore gun |
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She was put into service by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. She served primarily as a ship's tender, but, occasionally, she served as a gunboat to capture blockade runners she encountered.