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USS Octorara
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USS_Octorara
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Watercolor of USS Octorara by Alex Stuart
Builder: Brooklyn, New York
Laid Down: Unknown
Launched: 7 December 1861
Commissioned: 28 February 1862
Decommissioned: 5 August 1865
Stricken: 1866
Fate: Sold, 9 November 1866
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Characteristics
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Displacement: 829 tons
Length: 193 ft. 2 in.
Beam: 34 ft. 6 in.
Draught: 4 ft. 9.5 in.
Propulsion: Steam Engine
Side-wheel propelled
Speed: 11 knots
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Armament
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1 x 80-pounder Parrott rifle
1 x 9-inch Dahlgren smoothbore gun
4 x 24-pounder guns
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Battles
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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
West Gulf Blockading Squadron
Fort Powell
Mobile Bay
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