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USS Mississippi
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USS Mississippi attempts to ram the CSS Manassas
Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard
Launched: 1842
Commissioned: 22 December 1841
Fate: Scuttled, 14 March 1863
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Characteristics
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Displacement: 3,220 tons
Length: 229 feet
Beam: 40 feet
Draft: 19 feet
Propulsion: Steam Engine
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Armament
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2 x 10 inch Paixhans guns
8 x 8-inch Paixhans
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Engagements
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Mexican-American War
Mission to Japan
Key West, Florida
Fort Jackson and Fort Saint Philip
Gulf Blockading Squadron
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