USS Pensacola (1859)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Pensacola.
The first USS Pensacola was a screw steamer that served in the United States Navy during the U.S. Civil War.
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Pensacola in Alexandria, Virginia, 1861 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Pensacola |
Builder | Pensacola Navy Yard, completed at Washington Navy Yard |
Launched | 15 August 1859 |
Commissioned | 5 December 1859 |
Decommissioned | 31 January 1860 |
Recommissioned | 16 September 1861 |
Decommissioned | 29 April 1864 |
Recommissioned | 16 August 1866 |
Decommissioned | 23 May 1884 |
Recommissioned | 16 August 1866 |
Decommissioned | 23 May 1884 |
Recommissioned | 4 April 1885 |
Decommissioned | 18 April 1892 |
Recommissioned | 22 November 1898 |
Decommissioned | 31 May 1899 |
Recommissioned | 14 July 1901 |
Decommissioned | 6 December 1911 |
Stricken | 23 December 1911 |
Fate | Burned and sunk May 1912 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Screw steamer |
Tonnage | 3000 |
Length | 230 ft 5 in (70.23 m) |
Beam | 44 ft 5 in (13.54 m) |
Draft | 18 ft 7 in (5.66 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine and sail |
Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
Armament |
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