USS Smith-Briggs
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USS Smith Briggs was a Union Army gunboat destroyed during the American Civil War.
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Sketch of the Smith Briggs gunboat | |
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Name | USS Smith Briggs |
Cost | $20,000 |
Laid down | January 1862 |
Launched | May 3, 1862 |
Commissioned | March 1863 |
Fate | Grounded and destroyed, February 1, 1864 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Hudson River tugboat |
Displacement | 237 long tons (241 t) |
Length | 135 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draft | 4 ft (1.2 m) |
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