USS Shokokon
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USS Shokokon was a large (709-ton) steamer with powerful 30-pounder rifled guns, purchased by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War.
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Ordered | as Clifton |
Launched | 1862 |
Acquired | 3 April 1863 |
Commissioned | 18 May 1863 |
Fate | Sold, 25 October 1865 |
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Displacement | 709 tons |
Length | 181 ft (55 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
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Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 112 |
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With a crew of 112 sailors, she was employed by the Union Navy as a heavy gunboat outfitted to pursue blockade runners of the Confederate States of America, and to participate in river operations. When required, towards war's end, she acted as a minesweeper, removing Confederate naval mines from Northern Virginia rivers.