USS Barataria (1862)
USS Barataria snagged in Amite River |
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Career (US) | |
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Laid down: | date unknown |
Launched: | date unknown |
Acquired: | 1 January 1863 |
In service: | circa January 1863 |
Out of service: | 7 April 1863 |
Struck: | 1863 (est.) |
Captured: | by Union Army forces 25 April 1862 |
Fate: | scuttled, 7 April 1863 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 400 tons |
Length: | 125 ft (38 m) |
Beam: | not known |
Draught: | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) |
Propulsion: | steam engine stern wheel-propelled |
Speed: | not known |
Complement: | not known |
Armament: | two 24-pounder howitzers |
Armour: | ironclad |
The first USS Barataria was a steamer captured by the Union Army 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.
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