USS Sagamore (1861)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sagamore.
USS Sagamore was a Unadilla-class gunboat built on behalf of the United States Navy for service during the American Civil War. She was outfitted as a gunboat and assigned to the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America. Sagamore was very active during the war, and served the Union both as a patrol ship and a bombardment vessel.
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USS Sagamore (3rd ship from the right) at Ship Island base, | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Sagamore |
Builder | Reaney, Son & Archbold |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 1 September 1861 at Boston, Massachusetts |
Commissioned | 7 December 1861 at the Boston Navy Yard |
Decommissioned | 1 December 1864 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 13 June 1865 |
Empire of Japan | |
Acquired | 1865 |
In service | 1868 |
Renamed | Yōshun (陽春) |
Fate | Sold, 1870 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Unadilla-class gunboat |
Displacement | 691 tons |
Tons burthen | 507 |
Length | 158 ft (48 m) (waterline) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in stroke horizontal back-acting engines; single screw |
Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
Speed | 10 kn (11.5 mph) |
Complement | 114 |
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