USS Cambridge (1860)
USS Cambridge (1861-1865) Depicted during the Civil War. This 19th-century photographic print may be of an artwork, or possibly a model. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Cambridge |
| Launched | 1860 |
| Acquired | 30 July 1861 |
| Commissioned | 29 August 1861 |
| Decommissioned | June 1865 |
| Fate | Sold, 20 June 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 868 long tons (882 t) |
| Length | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
| Complement | 96 |
| Armament | 2 × 8 in (203 mm) rifles |
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USS Cambridge was a heavy (868 long tons (882 t)) steamship purchased by the Union Navy at the start of the American Civil War.
She was outfitted as a gunboat, with two powerful 8 in (203 mm) rifled guns, and assigned to the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America.