USS Mobile (1862)

History
United States
Launched1854
Commissioned8 May 1862
Decommissioned1865
Captured
Fate
  • Sold, 30 March 1865
  • Sank, 25 October 1865
General characteristics
Displacement1,275 tons
Length210 ft (64 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Propulsion
Armament
  • two 32-pounder guns
  • one 30-pounder Parrott rifle
  • one 12-pounder gun

USS Mobile was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as part of blockade forces to prevent Confederate forces from trading with other countries.

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