History | |
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United States | |
Ordered | as United States |
Builder | C. & R. Poillon shipyard |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | July 1, 1862 |
Acquired | 27 June 1863 at New York City |
Commissioned | 15 August 1863 at New York City |
Decommissioned | 29 March 1868 |
Fate | Transferred to the U.S. War Department 1 December 1868 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 948 tons |
Length | 195 ft (59 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Brigantine |
Speed | 13 knots |
Complement | 92 |
Armament |
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USS New Berne was a wooden-hulled, propeller-driven steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She served the Navy primarily as a supply ship but, as a Union ship of the blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of American, she was also responsible to take on the role of a gunboat when the opportunity presented itself.