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USS Pawnee

Built By: Philadelphia Naval Yard

Sailed: October 8, 1859

Commissioned: June 11, 1860

Decommissioned: November 18, 1882

 

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Characteristics

Type: Steam Sloop-of-War

Displacement: 1,533 tons

Length: 221 feet 6 inches

Beam: 47 feet

Draft: 10 feet

Propulsion: Steam Engine & Sail

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Armament

8 9-inch (230 mm) guns

2 12-pounder guns

 

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Battles

Aquia Creek

Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Fort Hatteras & Fort Clark

Port Royal Sound

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

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