History | |
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United States | |
Ordered | as Kate B. Porter |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 1864 |
Acquired | 23 December 1864 |
Commissioned | 23 December 1864 |
Decommissioned | 25 March 1866 |
Stricken | 1866 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 29 March 1866 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 242 tons |
Length | not known |
Beam | not known |
Draft | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Propulsion | steam engine |
Speed | 5 knots |
Complement | not known |
Armament |
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Armor | tinclad |
USS Kate was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.