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USS Clifton

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

Forts St. Philip and Jackson

Capture of New Orleans

Vicksburg

Galveston

Captured by Confederate forces at Sabine, Texas

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