 USS Commodore Barney
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Commodore Barney |
| Namesake | Joshua Barney |
| Ordered | as Ethan Allen |
| Launched | 1859 at New York City |
| Acquired | 2 October 1861 |
| Commissioned | October 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 5 May 1865 at the Washington Navy Yard |
| Fate | Sold, 20 July 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 512 long tons (520 t) |
| Length | 143 ft (44 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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| Speed | 8 kn (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) |
| Complement | 96 |
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USS Commodore Barney was a ferryboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Ferryboats were of great value, since, because of their flat bottom and shallow draft, they could navigate streams and shallow waters that other ships could not.