USS Lodona
USS Lodona
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United Kingdom
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Builder: M. Samuelson & Co. Hull
Launched: 1862
Maiden Voyage: 25 May 1862
Stricken: 1865 (est)
Fate: Captured by Union Navy forces 4 August 1862
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United States
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Acquired: 20 September 1862
Commissioned: 5 January 1863
Decommissioned: 11 May 1865
Fate: Sold, 20 June 1865
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Characteristics
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Type: Iron-hulled cargo steamer
Naval gun boat (1863-1865)
Tonnage: 688 GRT
Displacement: 750 long tons
Length: 210 ft.
Beam: 27 ft 6 in.
Draft: 11 ft 6 in.
Depth of hold: 16 ft 6 in.
Propulsion: Steam Engine
Screw-propelled
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Armament
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1 x 100-pounder Parrott Rifle
1 x 30-pounder Parrott Rifle
1 x 9in Dahlgren Rifle
4 x 24-pounder guns
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Battles
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South Atlantic Blockade Squadron
Morris Island
Folly Island
Fort Wagner
Fort Sumter
Captured Schooner Arctic
Sapelo Sound, Georgia
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