USS Commodore Perry
USS Commodore Perry |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Commodore Perry |
| Namesake: | Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 1859 at Williamsburg, New York |
| Acquired: | 2 October 1861 |
| Commissioned: | October 1861 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 June 1865 at New York City |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate: | sold, 12 July 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Displacement: | 512 long tons (520 t) |
| Length: | 143 ft (44 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine side wheel-propelled |
| Speed: | 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) |
| Complement: | 125 |
| Armament: | 2 × 9 in (230 mm) guns, 2 × 32-pounder smoothbore guns, 1 × 12-pounder howitzer |
USS Commodore Perry (1858) was a 512 long tons (520 t) steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the first year of the American Civil War.
Commodore Perry was outfitted as a gunboat with heavy guns and a large crew of 125 officers and enlisted personnel. Her powerful guns were capable of doing considerable damage to blockade runners or shore fortifications of the Confederate States of America.
Read more about USS Commodore Perry: Built in New York in 1859, Post-war Decommissioning, Note