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USS Octorara

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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