History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Maratanza |
Laid down | 1861 |
Launched | 26 November 1861 |
Commissioned | 12 April 1862 |
Decommissioned | 21 June 1865 |
Fate | Sold August 1868 |
Notes | Subsequently served in Haitian Navy as Salnave and Union |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 786 tons |
Length | 209 ft (64 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 10 knots |
Armament |
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USS Maratanza was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.