USS Camelia
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the American Civil War gunboat. For the lighthouse tender and World War I patrol vessel, see USLHT Camellia.
USS Camelia was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was armed as a gunboat by the Navy and assigned to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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Ordered | as Governor |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 1862 at New York City |
Acquired | 17 September 1863 |
Commissioned | 28 November 1863 |
Decommissioned | 1865 at New York City |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 15 August 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 198 tons |
Length | 111 ft (34 m) |
Beam | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
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Speed | 10 knots |
Complement | 40 |
Armament | two 20-pounder rifled guns |
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