USS Wampanoag (1864)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Wampanoag and USS Florida.
The first USS Wampanoag was a screw frigate in the United States Navy built during the American Civil War.
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USS Florida, formerly Wampanoag. Probably photographed at New York, 1869. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Wampanoag |
Builder | New York Navy Yard |
Laid down | 3 August 1863 |
Launched | 15 December 1864 |
Commissioned | 17 September 1867 |
Decommissioned | 5 May 1868 |
Renamed | Florida, 15 May 1869 |
Fate | Sold, 27 February 1885 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Screw frigate |
Displacement | 4,215 long tons (4,283 t) |
Length | 355 ft (108 m) |
Beam | 45 ft 2 in (13.77 m) |
Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
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