USS Bat (1864)
USS Bat |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | date unknown |
| Commissioned: | 13 December 1864 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 May 1865 |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Captured: | by Union Navy forces 8 October 1864 |
| Fate: | sold, 25 May 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 750 long tons (760 t) |
| Length: | 230 ft (70 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | steam engine side wheel-propelled |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Complement: | 82 |
| Armament: | one 30-pounder Parrott Rifle two 12-pounder smoothbore guns |
| Armor: | steel hulled |
USS Bat (1864) was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. She was also later assigned to carry President Abraham Lincoln to Richmond, Virginia.
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