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USS Underwriter

Built By: Brooklyn, New York

Sailed: 1852

Commissioned: August 22, 1861

Decommissioned: Captured by Confederate forces and later burned

 

Characteristics

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Type: Steamer

Displacement: 341 tons

Propulsion: Steam Engine

Side-Wheeled Propelled

Armament

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1 80-pounder rifle

1 8-inch Smoothbore gun

 

Battles

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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Hatteras Island

Roanoke Island

Elizabeth City

New Berne

Plymouth

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