USS Two Sisters
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Two Sisters was a small 54-ton captured Confederate schooner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War.
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United States | |
Launched | 1856 |
Commissioned | 30 January 1863 |
Decommissioned | 1865 |
Captured |
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Fate | Sold, 28 June 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 54 tons |
Propulsion | sail |
Armament | one 12-pounder gun |
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Two Sisters was put into service as a gunboat and, when required, as a ship's tender, by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.