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USS Anacostia
USS Anacostia, Engagement at Aquia Creek, Potomac River, 1861
USS Anacostia, Engagement at Aquia Creek, Potomac River, 1861
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Built By: Unknown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sailed: 1856
Commissioned: May 1859
Decommissioned: June 12, 1865
Characteristics
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Type: Steamer
Displacement: 217 tons
Length: 129 feet
Beam: 23 feet
Draft: 5 feet
Propulsion: Steam Engine - Propeller
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Armament
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2 9-inch Dahlgren Smoothbore guns
Battles
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Potomac Flotilla
Port Royal
St. George's Island
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