USS Stepping Stones
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USS Stepping Stones was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the early part of the American Civil War.
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History | |
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United States | |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 1861 |
Acquired | 30 September 1861 |
Commissioned | on or before 21 October 1861 |
Decommissioned | 23 June 1865 |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 12 July 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 226 tons |
Length | 100 ft 0 in (30.48 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) |
Draft | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots |
Complement | 21 |
Armament | one 12-pounder howitzer |
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She was used by the Union Navy first as a dispatch boat, and also as a gunboat assigned to patrol Confederate waterways.