USS Magnolia

History
United States
Launched	22 Aug 1854
Acquired	9 April 1862
Commissioned	22 July 1862
Decommissioned	10 June 1865
Captured	by Union Navy forces; 19 February 1862;
Fate	sold, 12 July 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	843 tons
Length	242 ft (74 m)
Beam	34.5 ft (10.5 m)
Height	10.5 ft (3.2 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical beam steam engine, ; 2 × sidewheels; auxiliary sails;
Sail plan	Schooner-rigged
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	95
Armament	one 20-pounder Parrott Rifle; four 24-pounder guns;

USS Magnolia was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was planned to be used by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

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History

United States
Launched	22 Aug 1854^[1]
Acquired	9 April 1862
Commissioned	22 July 1862
Decommissioned	10 June 1865
Captured	by Union Navy forces 19 February 1862
Fate	sold, 12 July 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	843 tons
Length	242 ft (74 m)^[2]
Beam	34.5 ft (10.5 m)^[2]
Height	10.5 ft (3.2 m)^[2]
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical beam steam engine,^[1] 2 × sidewheels auxiliary sails
Sail plan	Schooner-rigged^[1]
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	95
Armament	one 20-pounder Parrott Rifle four 24-pounder guns