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USS Metacomet

USS Metacomet

Builder: Thomas Stack, Brooklyn, New York

Launched: 7 March 1863

Commissioned: 4 January 1864

Decommissioned: 18 August 1865

Fate: Sold, 28 October 1865

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Characteristics

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Class and Type: Sassacus-class Gunboat

Displacement: 1,173 long tons

Length: 205 ft.

Beam: 35 ft.

Draft: 8 ft. 6 in.

Propulsion: Steam Engine

Speed: 12.5 knots

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Armament

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2 x 100-pounder guns

2 x 24-pounder guns

1 x 12-pounder gun

4 x 9-pounder guns

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Battles

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West Gulf Blockading Squadrom

Mobile Bay

Fort Morgan

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