| History | |
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| Name | USS Penobscot |
| Laid down | not known |
| Launched | 19 November 1861 |
| Acquired | 16 January 1862 |
| Commissioned | 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 31 July 1865 |
| Stricken | 1869 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, 19 October 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 Penobscot was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for 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.