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USS Portsmouth

USS Portsmouth (1896)

Built By: Portsmouth N. H. Navy Yard

Sailed: October 23, 1843

Commissioned: November 10, 1844

Decommissioned: July 14, 1878

 

Characteristics

Type: Sloop-of-War

Displacement: 1,022 tons

Length: 151 feet 10 inches

Beam: 37 feet 3 inches

Draft: 16 feet 6 inches

Propulsion: Sail

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Armament

18 medium 32-pounder guns

2 Paixhans 64-pounder shell guns

 

Battles

West Gulf Blockading Squadron

Forts St. Philip and Jackson

Capture of New Orleans

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