USS Sciota (1861)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sciota.
USS Sciota was a Unadilla-class gunboat built on behalf of the United States Navy for service during the Civil War. She was outfitted as a gunboat, with both a 20-pounder rifle for horizontal firing, and two howitzers for shore bombardment, and assigned to the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America.
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USS Sciota (2nd ship from left) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Sciota |
Builder | Jacob Birely (Philadelphia) |
Cost | $96,000 |
Launched | 15 Oct 1861 |
Commissioned | 15 Dec 1861 |
Fate | Struck mine and sank, 14 Apr 1865; salvaged; sold 25 Oct 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Unadilla-class gunboat |
Displacement | 691 tons |
Tons burthen | 507 |
Length | 158 ft (48 m) (waterline) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in stroke horizontal back-acting engines; single screw |
Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
Speed | 10 kn (11.5 mph) |
Complement | 114 |
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