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USS Genesee
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USS Genesee off Baton Rouge, March 1863
Builder: Boston Naval Yard
Launched: 2 April 1862
Commissioned: 3 July 1862
Decommissioned: 31 July 1865
Fate: Sold, 3 October 1867
Characteristics
Type: Steamer
Displacement: 803 Tons
Length: 209 feet
Beam: 34 feet 11 inches
Draft: 10 feet 6 inches
Propulsion: Steam Engine, Screw Propelled
Armament
1 x 10-inch Dahlgren gun
1 x 100-pounder Parrott rifle
6 24-pound howitzers
Engagements
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
West Gulf Blockading Squadron
Gulf of Mexico
Converted to a storeship
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