USS Sea Bird
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Sea Bird was a captured Confederate schooner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War.
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Acquired | 12 July 1863 |
Commissioned | July/August 1863 |
Decommissioned | 28 June 1865 |
Captured |
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Fate | Sold, 28 June 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 58 tons |
Length | 59 ft 8 in (18.19 m) |
Beam | 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m) |
Draft | 6 ft 12 in (2.13 m) |
Depth of hold | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
Propulsion | schooner sail |
Complement | 15 |
Armament | one 12-pounder howitzer |
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She was put into service as a gunboat by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.