History | |
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United States | |
In service | 1862 |
Out of service | 1865 |
Fate | Sold, 17 August 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 50 tons |
Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
Armament | one gun |
USS Hyacinth was a steamer acquired by the Union during the American Civil War. She was placed into service as a tugboat, a dispatch boat, as well as a gunboat, by the Union Army and by the Union Navy.