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USS Chippewa
USS Chippewa Being Built
USS Chippewa Being Built
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USS Chippewa under Construction at New York, 1861
Built By: Webb and Bell
Sailed: September 14, 1861
Commissioned: December 13, 1861
Decommissioned: June 24, 1865
Characteristics
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Type: Unadilla-class gunboat
Displacement: 691 tons
Length: 158 feet
Beam: 28 feet
Draft: 9 feet 6 inches
Depth to Hold: 12 feet
Propulsion: Single Screw
Sail Plan: Two-Masted Schooner
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Armament
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1 11-inch Dahlgren smoothbore
2 24-pounder smoothbore guns
2 20-pounder Parrott rifle
Battles
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North Atlantic Blockade
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Fort Wagner
Broad River
Fort Fisher
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