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USS Sassacus (1862)
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sassacus.
The first USS Sassacus, a wooden, double-ended, sidewheel steamer in commission in the United States Navy from 1863 to 1865. She saw service in the American Civil War.
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Launched | 23 December 1862 |
Commissioned | 5 October 1863 |
Decommissioned | 13 May 1865 |
Fate | Sold 28 August 1868 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sassacus-class gunboat |
Displacement | 974 tons |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
Complement | 145 officers and men |
Armament | 2 100 pounder Parrott rifles, 4 9" Dahlgren smoothbore cannons, 2 24 pounder howitzers, 1 12 pounder rifled cannon, 1 heavy 12 pounder smoothbore cannon |
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