History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Flag |
Builder | Birely & Lynn |
Launched | 1857 |
Acquired | 26 April 1861 |
Commissioned | 28 May 1861 |
Decommissioned | 25 February 1865 |
Fate | Sold 12 July 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steamship |
Displacement | 938 long tons (953 t) |
Length | 193 ft (59 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 10 in (9.40 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 116 |
Armament | 6 × 8 in (203 mm) Parrott rifles |
USS Flag was a screw steamship in the Union Navy during the American Civil War.[1] She is listed as "3rd rate".[2]