&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Alabama_24_December_1871_RMG_PY0261.jpg) Steamship Alabama on fire
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Alabama |
| Namesake | Alabama |
| Builder | William H. Webb in New York City |
| Laid down | 1849 |
| Launched | 10 June 1850[1] |
| Fate | Sold mid-July 1865; destroyed by fire in 1878 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamer |
| Displacement | 1,261 long tons (1,281 t) |
| Length | 214 ft 4 in (65.33 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
| Propulsion | steam |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 175 |
| Armament | eight 32-pounder smooth-bore |
USS Alabama was a 1,261 long tons (1,281 t) wooden side-wheel steamer, built at New York City in 1850 and operated thereafter in commercial service in the western Atlantic.
- ^ Morrison, John H. (1909). History of New York ship yards. New York: Press of W.F. Sametz & Co. p. 123. Retrieved 29 October 2009.