USS Bloomer
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Bloomer was a stern-wheel steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat with orders to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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Launched | 1856 |
Acquired | January 24, 1863 |
Commissioned | January 24, 1863 |
Fate | Sold, September 22, 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 130 tons |
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Complement | 49 |
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