&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Vixen_(1846)_-_Vixen_Curlew_Pocahontas_(cropped).jpg) USS Vixen
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Vixen |
| Builder | Brown and Bell, New York City |
| Acquired | by purchase, May 1846 |
| Decommissioned | 1853 |
| Fate | Sold, 1855 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 240 long tons (244 t) |
| Length | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) |
| Complement | 55 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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The third USS Vixen was a steamboat in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War.
Vixen was originally built for the government of Mexico by Brown and Bell of New York City, she was purchased by the Navy in May 1846 at the outset of the Mexican–American War.[1]
- ^ Bauer, p 25