USS Oleander
Union Civil War patrol boat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Oleander was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 10 January 1863 |
Acquired | 28 March 1863 |
Commissioned | April 1863 |
Decommissioned | 18 August 1865 |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 5 September 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 246 tons |
Length | 143 ft (44 m) |
Beam | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11 knots |
Complement | 35 |
Armament | two 20-pounder Parrott rifles |
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Oleander, a wooden, side-wheel steamer built at Keyport, New Jersey, was launched 10 January 1863; purchased by the Navy at New York City from James Howe and C. W. Copeland 28 March 1863; and commissioned in the following fortnight, as she joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron upon arriving at Port Royal, South Carolina, 11 April.