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CSS Manassas
CSS Manassas
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CSS Manassa
Owner: Boston Steam Tow-Boat Co.
Builder: James O. Curtis, Medford Mass.
Launched: 1853 or 1855
Commissioned: September 12,1861
Decommissioned: April 24, 1862
Fate: Sunk in battle April 24, 1862
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Characteristics:
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Class and Type: Steam tug, Ironclad
Displacement: 387 tons
Tons burthen: 384 1/2 tons
Length: 143ft
Beam: 33ft
Draft: 17ft
Propulsion: Steam Engine
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Armament:
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1 64-pounder Dahlgren,
later replace by 1 32-pounder
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Battles:
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Head of Passes
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