USS Conemaugh (1862)
USS Conemaugh | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Conemaugh |
| Namesake | Conemaugh River in Pennsylvania |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1 May 1862 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine |
| Commissioned | 16 July 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 27 July 1867 |
| Stricken | 1867 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold on 1 October 1867 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 955 long tons (970 t) |
| Length | 233 ft 9 in (71.25 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft 10 in (10.62 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Complement | 125 |
| Armament | 1 × 100-pounder rifle, 1 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore gun, 6 × 24-pounder smoothbore guns, 1 × 12-pounder smoothbore gun |
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USS Conemaugh was a side-wheel steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. With her large crew of 125 and her powerful guns, she was assigned as a gunboat on the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America.