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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Pensacola.jpg) Pensacola in Alexandria, Virginia, 1861
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| Name | USS Pensacola |
| Builder | Pensacola Navy Yard, completed at Washington Navy Yard |
| Launched | 15 August 1859 |
| Commissioned | 5 December 1859 |
| Decommissioned | 31 January 1860 |
| Recommissioned | 16 September 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 29 April 1864 |
| Recommissioned | 16 August 1866 |
| Decommissioned | 23 May 1884 |
| Recommissioned | 16 August 1866 |
| Decommissioned | 23 May 1884 |
| Recommissioned | 4 April 1885 |
| Decommissioned | 18 April 1892 |
| Recommissioned | 22 November 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 31 May 1899 |
| Recommissioned | 14 July 1901 |
| Decommissioned | 6 December 1911 |
| Stricken | 23 December 1911 |
| Fate | Burned and sunk May 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw steamer |
| Tonnage | 3000 |
| Length | 230 ft 5 in (70.23 m) |
| Beam | 44 ft 5 in (13.54 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft 7 in (5.66 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine and sail |
| Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
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The first USS Pensacola was a screw steamer that served in the United States Navy during the U.S. Civil War.
- ^ Harley, Simon. "U.S.S. Pensacola (1859)". dreadnoughtproject.org. The Dreadnought Project. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2024.