USS Western World
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Western World was a ship acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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Launched | 1856 |
Acquired | 21 September 1861 |
Commissioned | 3 January 1862 |
Decommissioned | 26 May 1865 |
Fate | Sold, 24 June 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 441 tons |
Length | 178 ft (54 m) |
Beam | 34 ft 3 in (10.44 m) |
Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) (est.) |
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Speed | 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) |
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