USS Antona (1863)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | date unknown |
| Acquired: | 28 March 1864 |
| Commissioned: | 19 March 1863 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 August 1865 |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Captured: | by Union Navy forces 6 January 1863 |
| Fate: | sold, 30 November 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 549 tons |
| Length: | not known |
| Beam: | not known |
| Draught: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | steam engine screw-propelled |
| Speed: | 8 knots |
| Complement: | 56 |
| Armament: | two 32-pounder guns one 20-pounder Parrott rifle two 24-pounder smoothbore guns |
USS Antona (1863) was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a dispatch boat and gunship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
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