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USS Benton

USS Benton

Built By: James B. Eads, St. Louis

Acquired: November 1861

Commissioned: February 24, 1862

Decommissioned: July 20, 1865

Fate: Sold November 29, 1865

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Characteristics

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Type: Gunboat

Displacement: 633 long tons

Length: 202 feet

Beam: 72 feet

Draft: 9 feet

Speed: 5.5 knots

Propulsion: Steam-driven

Stern Paddlewheel

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Battles

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Island Number Ten

Plum Point Bend

Memphis

Grand Gulf

Vicksburg

Red River Campaign

Fort De Russy

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Armament:

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February 1862:

2 x 9-inch smoothbores

7 x 42-pounder rifles

7 x 32-pounder rifles

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August 1862

2 x 9-inch smoothbores

2 x 50-pounder rifle

4 x 42-pounder rifles

8 x 32-pounder rifles

1 x 12-pounder Howitzer

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January 1863

4 x 9-inch smoothbores

2 x 50-pounder rifles

4 x 42-pounder rifles

6 x 32-pounder rifles

1 x 12-pounder Howitzer

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December 1863

8 x 9-inch smoothbores

2 x 100-pounder rifle

2 x 50-pounder rifle

4 32-pounder rifles

1 12-pounder Howitzer

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