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USS Clifton
USS Clifton
USS Clifton
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USS Clifton
Built By: Brooklyn, New York
Sailed: October 5, 1861
Commissioned: Unknown
Decommissioned: Captured by Confederate Forces, September 8, 1863 ~ Burned March 21, 1864
Characteristics
Type: Steam
Displacement: 892 tons
Length: 210 feet
Beam: 40 feet
Draft: 13 feet 6 inches
Propulsion: Steam Engine
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Armament
2 9-inch Smoothbore guns
4 32-pounder
Battles
West Gulf Blockading Squadron
Galveston
Captured by Confederate forces at Sabine, Texas
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