Failed Sea Trials
She was completed in 1866 but upon trials in May was found to be far slower than the contract speed of 15 knots, having been in commission between 2 April and 26 May under the command of Captain John Lorimer Worden. A board of Naval Officers recommended her rejection, but Dickerson appealed to Congress and obtained a resolution in February 1867 for her purchase by the Navy.
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