USS Scourge (1846)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Scourge.
USS Scourge was a steamer warship in service during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). She was the third United States Navy ship of that name.
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SS Bangor, USS Scourge | |
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United States | |
Name | SS Bangor |
Ordered | Bangor Steam Navigation Co. |
Builder | Betts, Harlan, and Hollingsworth |
Launched | 29 May 1845 |
Fate | Sold to U.S. Government on 30 December 1846 |
History | |
United States | |
Name | USS Scourge |
Acquired | 30 December 1846 |
Commissioned | 1846 |
Decommissioned | 1848 |
Fate | Sold to revolutionaries of Venezuela on 7 October 1848 and seized by State of Venezuela in 1848 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Gunboat |
Displacement | 231 long tons (235 t) |
Length | 120 ft (37 m) |
Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Complement | 50 officers and enlisted |
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