&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Proteus.jpg) USS Proteus. This is the only known photograph of this class of vessel in naval service
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| History | |
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| Name | Proteus |
| Launched | About late March 1863 |
| Acquired | 5 October 1863 |
| Commissioned | 10 March 1864 |
| Decommissioned | circa March 1865 |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, 12 July 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,244 |
| Length | 203 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
| Depth of hold | 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots |
| Complement | not known |
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USS Proteus was a steamer armed with powerful ordnance, commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
Proteus served during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as a gunboat, patrolling primarily the waters off the coast of Florida.