USS Wateree (1863)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Wateree.
The first USS Wateree was a sidewheel gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
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Beached at Arica, 430 yards beyond the usual high water mark, after she was deposited there by a tsunami on 13 August 1868. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Wateree |
Builder | Reaney, Son & Archbold, Chester, Pennsylvania |
Launched | 12 August 1863 |
Commissioned | 20 January 1864 |
Fate | Sold, 21 November 1868 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sassacus-class gunboat |
Displacement | 1173 tons |
Length | 240 ft (73 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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Notes | [1] |
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Wateree was built at Chester, Pennsylvania, by Reaney, Son & Archbold; launched on 12 August 1863; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 20 January 1864, Comdr. F. E. Murray in command.[1]