USS Somerset (1862)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Somerset.
USS Somerset was a wooden-hulled, side-wheel ferryboat built at Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1862, which was purchased by the Navy at Washington, D. C., on 4 March 1862 and was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 3 April 1862, Lt. Earl English in command.[1]
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Name | USS Somerset |
Launched | 1862 |
Acquired | by purchase, 4 March 1862 |
Commissioned | 3 April 1862 |
Decommissioned | 12 July 1865 |
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Type | Steam gunboat |
Displacement | 521 long tons (529 t) |
Length | 151 ft (46 m) |
Beam | 32 ft 4 in (9.86 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 110 officers and enlisted |
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