USS Louisville
USS Louisville (1862-1865)
Ordered: 7 August 1861
Builder: James B. Eads
Cost: $89,000
Laid Down: September 1861
Launched: October 1861
Decommissioned: 21 July 1865
Fate: Sold, 30 September 1868
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Characteristics
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City-Class Ironclad Gunboat
Displacement: 512 Long Tons
Length: 175 ft.
Beam: 51 ft.
Draft: 6 ft.
Propulsion: Centerline paddlewheel,
two horizontal steam engines
Speed: 9 knots
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Armament:
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January 1862
3 8-inch smoothbores
4 42-pounders rifles
6 32-pounder rifles
1 12-pounder rifle
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September 1862
3 9-inch smoothbores
1 8-inch smoothbore
2 42-pounder rifles
6 32-pounder rifles
2 30-pounder rifles
1 12-pounder rifle
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Early 1864
4 9-inch smoothbores
1 100-pounder rifle
6 32-pounder rifles
2 30-pounder rifles
1 12-pounder rifle
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Battles
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Occupation of Columbus, KY
​Battle of Memphis
Mississippi Squadron
Expedition up the White River
Fort Hindman, AR
Steele's Bayou
Grand Gulf
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