USS Alfred Robb (1860)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Alfred Robb |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 1860 |
| In service: | June 1862 |
| Out of service: | 9 August 1865 |
| Captured: | by Union Navy forces 21 April 1862 |
| Fate: | sold, 17 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Displacement: | 86 long tons (87 t) |
| Length: | 114 ft 9 in (34.98 m) |
| Beam: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draft: | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 4 ft (1.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | steam engine stern wheel-propelled |
| Speed: | 9.5 kn (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h) |
| Complement: | 30 |
| Armament: | 2 × 12-pounder rifles, 2 × 12-pounder smoothbore guns |
| Armor: | tinclad |
USS Alfred Robb (1860) was a stern wheel 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 rivers and other waterways.
Read more about USS Alfred Robb (1860): Operating As A Confederate Transport, Capturing Alfred Robb On The Tennessee River, Assigned To Mississippi River Operations, Post-war Decommissioning, Sale, and Subsequent Career, See Also
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