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USS Anacostia

Built By: Unknown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sailed: 1856

Commissioned: May 1859

Decommissioned: June 12, 1865

 

Characteristics

Type: Steamer

Displacement: 217 tons

Length: 129 feet

Beam: 23 feet

Draft: 5 feet

Propulsion: Steam Engine - Propeller

Armament

2 9-inch Dahlgren Smoothbore guns

 

Battles

Aquia Creek

Potomac Flotilla

Port Royal

St. George's Island

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