USS Bat
USS Bat | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Commissioned | December 13, 1864 |
| Decommissioned | May 17, 1865 |
| Captured |
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| Fate | Sold, May 25, 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 750 long tons (760 t) |
| Length | 230 ft (70 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 82 |
| Armament |
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USS Bat was a steamer captured 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. She was also later assigned to carry President Abraham Lincoln to Richmond, Virginia.