USS Black Hawk
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History | |
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United States | |
Launched | 1848 |
Acquired | November 24, 1862 |
Commissioned | December 6, 1862 |
Out of service | April 22, 1865 |
Fate | Sold, April 1867 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 902 tons |
Length | 260 ft (79 m) |
Beam | 45 ft 6 in (13.87 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
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USS Black Hawk was a large steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She was assigned by the Union Navy to gunboat duty in the waterways of the rebellious Confederate States of America.