USS E. B. Hale
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The USS E. B. Hale was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used as a gunboat by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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The steamers E.B. Hale and Stars & Stripes fitting out at the New York Navy Yard, during the summer of 1861 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Laid down | not known |
Launched | not known |
Acquired | July 1861 |
Commissioned | 4 September 1861 |
Decommissioned | 11 May 1865 |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 20 June 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 220 tons |
Length | 117 ft (36 m) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draft | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 8 knots |
Complement | 50 |
Armament | four 32-pounder guns |
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E: B. Hale, a screw steamer, was purchased in July 1861, and commissioned 4 September 1861, Acting Master W. J. Foster in command.