USS Aroostook (1861)
USS Aroostook in Chinese waters, circa 1867-69. |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Aroostook |
| Builder: | N. L. Thompson (Kennebunk, ME) |
| Cost: | $100,500 |
| Launched: | About 19 Oct 1861 |
| Commissioned: | 20 Feb 1862 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 Sep 1869 |
| Struck: | 1869 (est.) |
| Fate: | Sold, Hong Kong, October 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Unadilla-class gunboat |
| Displacement: | 691 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 507 |
| Length: | 158 ft (48 m) (waterline) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in stroke horizontal back-acting engines; single screw |
| Sail plan: | Two-masted schooner |
| Speed: | 10 kn (11.5 mph) |
| Complement: | 114 |
| Armament: | Original: 1 × 11-in Dahlgren smoothbore 2 × 24-pdr smoothbore 2 × 20-pdr Parrott rifle |
USS Aroostook was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Aroostook was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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