 Takao, formerly Ashuelot, in the process of being abandoned during the Battle of Miyako Bay, 1869
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| History | |
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| Name | USRC Ashuelot |
| Namesake | A river and town in New Hampshire |
| Operator | United States Revenue Cutter Service |
| Builder | John Englis |
| Cost | $103,000 |
| Launched | 8 Jul 1863 |
| Commissioned | 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 30 Apr 1867 |
| In service |
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| Fate | Scuttled (by burning) during Battle of Miyako Bay, Japan, 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Pawtuxet-class cutter |
| Displacement | 350 tons |
| Length | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × two-cylinder oscillating steam engine; single 8 ft (2.4 m) screw |
| Speed | About 12 knots |
| Complement | 7 officers, 34 enlisted |
| Armament | |
USRC Ashuelot was a Pawtuxet-class screw steam revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Marine during the American Civil War.
Ashuelot was homeported in Maine and later in Charleston, South Carolina during her brief career with the Revenue Marine. In 1866, she played an important role in the prevention of an armed raid on Canada by the Fenian Brotherhood.
Sold into merchant service in 1867 due to dissatisfaction with her machinery, Ashuelot later voyaged to Japan, operating under the names Takao and Kaiten No. 2. She was destroyed in the Battle of Miyako Bay in 1869.