&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Albatross_revised.jpg) Sketch of Albatross by William M. C. Philbrick, depicting her off Mobile, Alabama, on 25 September 1863.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | the bird Albatross |
| Launched | 1858 at Mystic, Connecticut |
| Acquired | 23 May 1861 at Brooklyn, New York |
| Commissioned | 25 June 1861 at the New York Navy Yard |
| Decommissioned | 11 August 1865 at the Boston Navy Yard |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold 8 September 1865 at Boston, Massachusetts |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | screw steamer |
| Tonnage | 378 |
| Length | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion | steam engine, screw-propelled |
| Sail plan | rigged as a three-masted schooner |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament |
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USS Albatross was a screw steamer rigged as a three-masted schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War. She was outfitted as a gunboat with heavy guns and used in the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America.