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USS Sumter (1862)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sumter.
USS Sumter was a 525-ton sidewheel paddle steamer captured by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.
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Launched | 1853 |
In service | April 1862 |
Captured | by U.S. Navy ca. 6 June 1862 |
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Displacement | 525 tons |
Length | 182' |
Beam | 28' 4" |
Draught | depth of hold 10' 8" |
Propulsion | Steam engine; sidewheel |
Armament | two 32-pounder guns[1] or four 32-pounder and one 12-pounder gun[2] |
Armour | Iron plate, cotton bales |
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Sumter originally was the Confederate cottonclad ram CSS General Sumter. She was placed into Confederate service and then United States Navy service, each for a short period of time, before she ran aground and was destroyed.