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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
Plymouth
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