USS Peosta photographed on the Western Rivers, during 1864-65. Note identification number "36" painted on her pilothouse.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Peosta |
Completed | 1857 |
Acquired | 13 June 1863 |
Commissioned | 2 October 1863 |
Decommissioned | 7 August 1865 |
Fate | Sold, 17 August 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Type | steamboat |
Tonnage | 204 tons |
Displacement | 233 tons |
Length | 151 ft 2 in (46.08 m) |
Beam | 34 ft 3 in (10.44 m) |
Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
Depth of hold | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
Propulsion | steam engine, side-wheel propelled |
Armament |
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USS Peosta—also known as "Tinclad" # 36—was a steamboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Peosta was outfitted as an armed gunboat, with heavy guns for battles at sea, and large howitzers for shore bombardment. She served on the rivers and other waterways of the Confederate States of America enforcing the Union blockade on the South.