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USS Kennebec

The Kennebec chasing the rebel steamer Grey Jacket.

Launched: 5 October 1861

Commissioned: 8 February 1862

Decommissioned: 9 August 1865

Fate: Sold 30 November 1865

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Characteristics

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Class and Type: Unadilla-class gunboat

Displacement: 691 tons

Tons' Burthen: 507

Length: 158 ft.

Beam: 28 ft.

Draft: 9 ft. 6 in.

Depth of Hold: 12 ft.

Propulsion: 2 x 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in.

stroke horizontal back-acting

engines; single screw

Sail Plan: Two-masted schooner

Speed: 10 knots

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Armament

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1 x 11-in Dahlgren smoothbore

2 x 24-pdr smoothbore

2 x 20-pdr Parrott rifle

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Battles

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West Gulf Blockading Squadron

Fort Jackson

Fort St. Phillip

Mississippi

Vicksburg

Gulf of Mexico

Mobile Bay

Fort Gaines

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