&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Kanawha.jpg) Lithograph by Shearman & Hart, New York, circa 1861, entitled "U.S. Steam Gun Boat Kanawha. Built by C.E. & W.H. Goodspeed. East Haddam, Connecticut".
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Kanawha |
| Namesake | Kanawha River |
| Builder | G. B. & W. H. Goodspeed, East Haddam, Connecticut |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 21 October 1861 |
| Commissioned | 21 January 1862 at the New York Navy Yard |
| Decommissioned | 5 July 1865 |
| Stricken | 1866 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold at New York City 13 June 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Unadilla-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 691 tons |
| Tons burthen | 507 |
| Length | 158 ft (48 m) (waterline) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in stroke horizontal back-acting engines; single screw |
| Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 114 |
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USS Kanawha was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for 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.