&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:CSS_Reliance.jpg) USS Huntsville chases the rebel steamer CSS Reliance.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Huntsville |
| Namesake | |
| Builder | J. A. Westervelt (New York) |
| Launched | 10 Dec 1857 |
| Completed | Jan 1858 |
| Acquired | 24 April 1861 |
| Commissioned | 9 May 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 5 April 1862 |
| In service | Jan 1858–1877 |
| Out of service | 28 August 1865 |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, 30 November 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 860 tons |
| Length | 196 ft 4 in (59.84 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft 5 in (5.92 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots |
| Complement | 64 |
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USS Huntsville was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.