USS Nansemond (1862)
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Nansemond.
The first USS Nansemond, a side wheel steamer built at Williamsburg, N.Y. in 1862, as James F. Freeborn, was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City on 18 August 1863 from Richard Squires; it was renamed Nansemond and commissioned at Baltimore on 19 August, with Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson in command.
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The tugboat James F. Freeborn in merchant service, before her naval commissioning as USS Nansemond | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Nansemond |
Builder | Lawrence & Foulks (NY) |
Laid down | 1862 |
Acquired | by purchase, 18 August 1863 |
Commissioned | 19 August 1863 |
Decommissioned | 8 August 1865 |
Fate | |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steamer |
Displacement | 340 long tons (350 t) |
Length | 146 ft (45 m) |
Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Complement | 63 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 1 × 30-pounder Parrott rifle, 2 × 24-pounder guns |
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