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U. S. S. HOUSATONIC.
Acquisition. — Built by Government contract; hull at Boston Navy Yard; machinery, by Globe Works (Jubez Coney et al.), Boston, Mass. Launched, November 20, 1861, at Boston, Mass.
Cost.—$231,526.71.
Description—Screw steamer; sloop-of-war.
Tonnage.—1,240.
Dimensions.—Length, 207’; beam, 38’; depth, 16’ 10”.
Draft.—Loaded, forward, 7’ 7”; aft, 9’ 7”.
Engines.—Two; horizontal, direct action. Diameter of cylinder, 42”; stroke, 30”; 1 Sewell’s surface condenser.
Boilers—Two main; one auxiliary; all Martin’s tubular patent.
Battery.—September 2, 1862, 1 100-pdr. Parrott rifle, 3 30-pdr. Parrott rifles, 1 XI-inch Dahlgren S. B., 2 32-pdr. 33 cwt., 2 24-pdr. howitzers, 1 12-pdr. howitzer, 1 12-pdr. rifle; April 30, 1863, add 2 32-pdrs. 33 cwt.; June 2, 1863, remove howitzers; Nov. 27, 1863, similar to that of April 30, 1863.
Disposition.—Sunk, February 17, 1864, outside bar of Charleston, S. C., by Confederate torpedo boat.
Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion; Series II - Volume 1: Statistical Data of Union and Confederate Ships; Muster Roles of Confederate Government Vessels; Letters of Marque and Reprisals; Confederate Department Investigations, 1921, U.S. Government Printing Office
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