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| History | |
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| Name | USS Otsego |
| Builder | Jacob A. & D. D. Westervelt, New York City |
| Launched | 31 March 1863 |
| Commissioned | spring of 1864 |
| Fate | Sunk by mine, 9 December 1864 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sassacus-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 974 tons |
| Length | 205 ft 0 in (62.48 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
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| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 145 |
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USS Otsego 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.