USS Albatross (1858)
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For other uses, see Albatross (disambiguation).
For other ships with the same name, see USS Albatross.
USS Albatross was a screw steamer rigged as a three-masted schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War. She was outfitted as a gunboat with heavy guns and used in the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America.
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Sketch of Albatross by William M. C. Philbrick, depicting her off Mobile, Alabama, on 25 September 1863. | |
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United States | |
Namesake | the bird Albatross |
Launched | 1858 at Mystic, Connecticut |
Acquired | 23 May 1861 at Brooklyn, New York |
Commissioned | 25 June 1861 at the New York Navy Yard |
Decommissioned | 11 August 1865 at the Boston Navy Yard |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Fate | Sold 8 September 1865 at Boston, Massachusetts |
General characteristics | |
Type | screw steamer |
Tonnage | 378 |
Length | 150 ft (46 m) |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Propulsion | steam engine, screw-propelled |
Sail plan | rigged as a three-masted schooner |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement | not known |
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