USS Delaware (1861)
USRC Louis McLane, formerly USS Delaware. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Delaware |
| Builder | Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Laid down | 1860 |
| Launched | 1861 |
| Acquired | 14 October 1861 |
| Commissioned | 12 December 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 5 August 1865 |
| Out of service | 27 December 1902 |
| Fate | Sold on 12 September 1865 to the U.S. Treasury Department |
| Notes |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 350 long tons (360 t) |
| Length | 153 ft (47 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Depth | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Gaff rig schooner |
| Speed | 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
| Complement | 65 (Navy), 33 (Revenue Cutter Service) |
| Armament | 4 × 32-pounder guns, 1 × 12-pounder rifled gun (Navy); 2 guns of unknown caliber (Revenue Cutter Service) |
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USS Delaware was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy for use during the American Civil War. She had a very active naval career as a gunboat for over three years, and after the war served as a revenue cutter for over 37 years. The steamer was sold to the private sector in 1903, and disappeared from shipping registers in 1919.