USS Pittsburgh
USS Pittsburg on the Western Rivers during the Civil War
Built by James B. Eads
Launched: October 1861
Commissioned: January 25, 1862
Decommissioned: November 29, 1865
Fate: Sold for Scrap, 1865
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Characteristics
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Displacement: 512 tons
Length: 175 ft.
Beam: 51ft 6 inches
Draft: 6 ft.
Propulsion: Stern Wheeler
Armament
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January 1862
3 8-inch smoothbores
2 42-pounder rifles
6 32-pounder rifles
2 30-pounder rifles
1 12-pounder smoothbore
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May 1863
2 9-inch smoothbores
3 8-inch smoothbores
2 42 pounder rifles
4 32-pouder rifles
2 30-pounder rifles
1 12-pounder smoothbore
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December 1863
2 9-inch smoothbores
2 9-inch rifles
2 8-inch smoothbores
1 100-pounder rifle
2 30-pounder rifles
1 12-pounder smoothbore
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September 1864
2 9-inch smoothbores
2 9-inch rifles
2 8-inch smoothbores
1 100-pounder rifle
2 32-pounder rifles
2 30-pounder rifles
1 12-pounder smoothbore
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Battles
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Plum Point Bend
Fort Pillow
Memphis
Steele's Bayou Expedition
Grand Gulf
Red River Exepidition
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