History | |
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United States | |
Launched | 1859 |
Acquired | 26 August 1861 |
Commissioned | 29 October 1861 |
Decommissioned | 3 August 1865 |
Fate | Sold, 8 September 1865 |
Notes | In merchant service until 1910 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 221 tons |
Length | 125 ft (38 m) |
Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
Depth of hold | 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
Complement | 47 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS New London was a screw steamer of the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was outfitted with a Parrott rifle and 32-pounders, and was assigned as a gunboat in the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America.