USS Suwanee (1864)
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United States | |
Name | USS Suwanee |
Namesake | Suwannee River |
Builder | Reaney, Son & Archbold (Chester, Pennsylvania) |
Cost | $171,000 |
Launched | 13 Mar 1864 |
Acquired | 14 Dec 1864 |
Commissioned | 23 Jan 1865 |
Out of service | 9 Jul 1866 |
Stricken | 1866 |
Fate | Wrecked, 9 July 1866, off British Columbia |
General characteristics | |
Type | Double-ended, iron-hulled gunboat |
Displacement | 1,030 tons |
Length | 255 ft 0 in (77.72 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m) |
Draught |
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Propulsion | 1 × 58 inch bore, 8 ft 9 in stroke inclined direct-acting steam engine with surface condenser; 4 boilers—2 × main tubular, 2 × superheating; sidewheels |
Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
Speed | Max. 15 kn (17 mph); cruising 8 kn (9.2 mph) |
Complement | 159 |
Armament |
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The first USS Suwanee was a 3rd-rate gunboat commissioned by the Union Navy in its struggle against the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War.
Commissioned late in the war, Suwanee spent several weeks searching for the Confederate raider CSS Shenandoah without success. Suwanee was eventually wrecked off British Columbia in 1868.
Construction and design
Suwanee—a
Suwanee was powered by a 58-inch bore, 8-foot 9-inch stroke, inclined, direct-acting steam engine, fitted with a surface condenser. Steam was supplied by four boilers: two main boilers of the horizontal, tubular type, and two superheated. The ship was also rigged as a two-masted schooner for auxiliary sail power. Total cost of the vessel was $171,000.[1]
Suwanee was launched on 13 March 1864, delivered to the Navy at the
Service history
Ordered to the
She then steamed up the Pacific coast and arrived at
On 9 July 1868, Suwanee was wrecked in Shadwell Passage, Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia.
See also
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Bibliography
- Daniels, Josephus, ed. (1921): Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Series II, Volume I, p. 217, Government Printing Office, Washington.