USS Somerset (1862)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Somerset |
| Launched | 1862 |
| Acquired | by purchase, 4 March 1862 |
| Commissioned | 3 April 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 12 July 1865 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steam gunboat |
| Displacement | 521 long tons (529 t) |
| Length | 151 ft (46 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft 4 in (9.86 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 110 officers and enlisted |
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USS Somerset was a wooden-hulled, side-wheel ferryboat built at Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1862, which was purchased by the Navy at Washington, D. C., on 4 March 1862 and was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 3 April 1862, Lt. Earl English in command.