USS Unadilla (1861)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Unadilla.
USS Unadilla was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for service with the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was the lead ship in her class.
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USS Unadilla (foreground) and another Unadilla-class vessel during the Civil War, location unknown | |
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United States | |
Name | Unadilla |
Namesake | Unadilla River, NY |
Launched | 17 August 1861 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1861 |
Decommissioned | 4 May 1865 |
In service | 20 December 1866 |
Out of service | 1869 |
Stricken | 1869 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 9 November 1869 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Unadilla-class gunboat |
Displacement | 691 tons |
Tons burthen | 507 |
Length | 158 ft (48 m) (waterline) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in stroke horizontal back-acting engines; single screw |
Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
Speed | 10 kn (11.5 mph) |
Complement | 114 |
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Unadilla was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.