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USS Susquehanna
USS Susquehanna sidewheel steam frigate
USS Susquehanna sidewheel steam frigate
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Built By: New York Naval Yard
Sailed: 1847
Commissioned: December 24, 1850
Decommissioned: January 14, 1868
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Characteristics
Type: Steam Frigate
Displacement: 2,450 tons
Length: 257 feet
Beam: 45 feet
Draft: 20 feet 6 inches
Propulsion: Steam Engine
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Armament
2 15-pounder Parrott rifles
12 9-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns
1 12-pounder rifle
Battles
Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Hatteras Inlet Batteries
Port Royal
Sewell's Point - May 8, 1862
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
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