USS Gemsbok (1861)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | date unknown |
| Acquired: | 7 September 1861 |
| Commissioned: | 30 August 1861 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 July 1865 |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate: | sold, circa 11 July 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 622 long tons (632 t) |
| Length: | 141 ft 7 in (43.15 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | sail |
| Speed: | Unknown |
| Complement: | Unknown |
| Armament: | 4 × 8 in (200 mm) guns 2 × 32-pounders |
USS Gemsbok (1861) was a bark acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a gunboat, but, later in the war, she was also used as a collier and as a storeship.
Gemsbok was purchased on 7 September 1861 at Boston, Massachusetts, and commissioned on 30 August 1861 at the Boston Navy Yard, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Lewis Drake Voorhees in command.
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