History | |||
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United States | |||
Launched | 17 March 1863 | ||
Commissioned | 13 June 1864 | ||
Decommissioned | 15 August 1865 | ||
In service | 17 October 1865 | ||
Out of service | 10 August 1868 | ||
Fate | Sold on 1 September 1868 | ||
General characteristics | |||
Class and type | Sassacus-class gunboat | ||
Displacement | 974 tons | ||
Length | 205 ft (62 m) | ||
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) | ||
Draft | 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) | ||
Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) | ||
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) | ||
Complement | 160 | ||
Armament |
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USS Shamrock was a large (974 ton) seaworthy steamer with powerful guns, 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.
During the war, she participated in the operation of placing a spar torpedo into the ironclad CSS Albemarle, allowing Shamrock to sail on with the Union fleet to attack and capture Plymouth, North Carolina. After the war, she served in the Caribbean and voyaged to Europe prior to final decommissioning.