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USS Racer
Built By: Purchased August 29, 1861
Sailed: Unknown
Commissioned: January 21, 1862
Decommissioned: September 2, 1864
Characteristics
Type: Schooner
Displacement: 252 tons
Length: 105 feet
Beam: 28 feet 10 inches
Draft: 9 feet 10 inches
Propulsion: Schooner Sail
Armament
1 13-inch Mortar
2 32-pounder guns
2 12-pounder rifled guns
Battles
Mississippi River Squadron
Potomac Flotilla
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
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