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USS Genesee

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

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Characteristics

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Type: Steamer

Displacement: 803 Tons

Length: 209 feet

Beam: 34 feet 11 inches

Draft: 10 feet 6 inches

Propulsion: Steam Engine, Screw Propelled

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Armament

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1 x 10-inch Dahlgren gun

1 x 100-pounder Parrott rifle

6 24-pound howitzers

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Engagements

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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

West Gulf Blockading Squadron

Port Hudson

Gulf of Mexico

Converted to a storeship

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