 USS Commodore Jones strikes a mine on the James River, Virginia, in 1864.
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Commodore Jones |
| Acquired | 1863 |
| Commissioned | 1 May 1863 |
| Stricken | 1864 |
| Fate | Sunk by electric mine 6 May 1864 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 542 long tons (551 t) |
| Length | 154 ft (47 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft 6 in (9.91 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
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| Speed | 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement | 88 |
| Armament | 4 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore guns, 1 × 50-pounder rifle, 2 × 30-pounder rifles, 4 × 24-pounder guns |
USS Commodore Jones 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.
She was outfitted by the Union Navy as a heavily armed gunboat and assigned to the blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America.