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USS Alert
Built By: Unknown
Sailed: 1861 at Syracuse, New York
Acquired: 3 October 1861
Commissioned: 3 October 1861
Decommissioned: 26 May 1865
Fate: Sold 5 July 1865
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Characteristics
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Type: Tugboat / Dispatch Boat / Ship's Tender / Gunboat
Displacement: 90 long tons
Length: 62 feet
Beam: 17 feet
Draft: 6 feet 5 inches
Depth of Hold: 7 feet
Propulsion: Steam Engine
Screw-Propelled
Speed: 7 knots 8.1 mph
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Armament:
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1 x 24-pounder rifled howitzer
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Battles
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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Nansemond River Expedition
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