USS Huron
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Huron |
Namesake | Lake Huron |
Launched | 21 Sep 1861 |
Commissioned | 8 Jan 1862 |
Decommissioned | Oct 1868 |
Renamed | D.H. Bills |
Stricken | 1869 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 14 June 1869 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Unadilla-class gunboat |
Displacement | 691 tons |
Tons burthen | 507 |
Length | 158 ft (48 m) (waterline) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in stroke horizontal back-acting engines; single screw |
Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
Speed | 10 kn (11.5 mph) |
Complement | 114 |
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USS Huron was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War for blockage duty against the ports and rivers of the Confederate States of America.
Huron, a schooner-rigged screw steamer, was launched on 21 September 1861 by Paul Curtis, Boston, Massachusetts, under Navy contract; and commissioned on 8 January 1862 at Boston Navy Yard, Lieutenant John Downes in command.