USS Wyandotte (1853)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Wyandotte.
USS Wyandotte, originally USS Western Port, was a steamer acquired by the Navy as a gunboat for the Paraguay expedition in 1858. When the crisis of the American Civil War occurred, she operated in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
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Name | Western Port / Wyandotte |
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Launched | 1853 |
Acquired | 1858 |
Commissioned | 27 October 1858 |
Decommissioned | 28 May 1859 |
Renamed | USS Wyandotte |
Recommissioned | 19 September 1859 |
Decommissioned | 3 June 1865 |
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Displacement | 464 tons |
Propulsion | Steam engine; one screw |
Speed | 7 knots |
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