History | |
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United States | |
Ordered | as Willie Gamage |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 1864 |
Acquired | 22 December 1864 |
Commissioned | 23 March 1865 |
Decommissioned | 29 July 1865 |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 17 August 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 187 tons |
Length | 148' 6" |
Beam | 30' 3" |
Draught | depth of hold 4' 6" |
Propulsion |
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Speed | not known |
Complement | not known |
Armament |
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USS Gamage was a large steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the last months of the American Civil War. She was used as a gunboat to collect naval assets of the defeated Confederacy.