USS Suwanee (1864)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Suwanee.
The first USS Suwanee was a 3rd-rate gunboat commissioned by the Union Navy in its struggle against the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War.
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Name | USS Suwanee |
Namesake | Suwannee River |
Builder | Reaney, Son & Archbold (Chester, Pennsylvania) |
Cost | $171,000 |
Launched | 13 Mar 1864 |
Acquired | 14 Dec 1864 |
Commissioned | 23 Jan 1865 |
Out of service | 9 Jul 1866 |
Stricken | 1866 |
Fate | Wrecked, 9 July 1866, off British Columbia |
General characteristics | |
Type | Double-ended, iron-hulled gunboat |
Displacement | 1,030 tons |
Length | 255 ft 0 in (77.72 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m) |
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Propulsion | 1 × 58 inch bore, 8 ft 9 in stroke inclined direct-acting steam engine with surface condenser; 4 boilers—2 × main tubular, 2 × superheating; sidewheels |
Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
Speed | Max. 15 kn (17 mph); cruising 8 kn (9.2 mph) |
Complement | 159 |
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Commissioned late in the war, Suwanee spent several weeks searching for the Confederate raider CSS Shenandoah without success. Suwanee was eventually wrecked off British Columbia in 1868.