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USS Oneida

USS Oneida

Ordered: February 1861

Builder: New York Navy Yard

Launched: 20 November 1861

Commissioned: 28 February 1862

Decommissioned: 11 August 1865

Recommissioned: May 1867

Fate: Sunk in collision 24 January 1870

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Characteristics

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Type: Screw Sloop-of-War

Displacement: 1,488 long Tons

Length: 201 ft. 5 in.

Beam: 33 ft. 10 in.

Draft: 8 ft. 11 in.

Propulsion: Steam Engine

Speed: 12 Knots

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Armament

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3 x 30-pounder guns

2 x 9 in guns

4 x 32-pounder guns

1 x 12-pounder gun

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Battles

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West Gulf Blockading Squadron

Fort Jackson

Fort St. Philip

Mobile Bay

Asiatic Squadron

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