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USS New Ironsides
USS New Ironsides
USS New Ironsides
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USS New Ironsides
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Launched: 10 May 1862
Commissioned: 21 August 1862
Decommissioned: 6 April 1865
Fate: Destroyed by fire, 16 December 1865
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Caharacteristics
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Type: Broadside Ironclad
Displacement: 4,120 long tons
Length: 230 ft.
Beam; 57 ft 6 in.
Draft; 15 ft 8 in.
Installed power: 4 x water-tube boilers
Propulsion: 1 x shaft, 2 x direct-acting steam engines
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Armament
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14 x 11-inch smoothbore Dahlgren guns
2 x 150-pounder Parrott Rifles
2 x 50 pounder Dahlgren Rifles
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Battles
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South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
1st Battle of Charleston Harbor
Fort Wagner
2nd Battle of Charleston Harbor
Port Royal
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Fort Fisher
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