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USS Kennebec
The Kennecbec chasing the rebel steamer Grey Jacket
The Kennecbec chasing the rebel steamer Grey Jacket
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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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