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USS Chicopee (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Sassacus Class Sidewheel Gunboat:
  • Built in 1862-63 as the double-ended side-wheel steamer, Chicopee by Paul Curtis, Boston, MA., Machinery by Neptune Iron Works, New York, N.Y,
  • Launched 4 March 1863
  • Commissioned USS Chicopee, 7 May 1864, CDR. A. D. Harell in command
  • From 10 June 1864 Chicopee sailed off the coast and in the inland waters of North Carolina
  • She joined in the operations which led to the capture of Plymouth, N.C., between 29 October and 1 November 1864
  • Later she cooperated with the Army in the expeditions to Pitch Landing and against Rainbow Bluff, N.C., in December 1864.
  • After overhaul at Norfolk Navy Yard in early 1865, Chicopee returned to North Carolina waters, and resumed her cruising with the North Atlantic Squadron until 24 December 1865 when she arrived at Norfolk Navy Yard
  • She returned to Wilmington, N.C., 23 January 1866, and continued to cruise off the North Carolina coast until 3 December, sailing then for Washington, D.C.
  • Chicopee decommission at Washington D.C., 19 December 1866
  • Sold 8 October 1867
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 974 t.
    Length 205'
    Beam 35'
    Depth of Hold 11'6"
    Draft 6'6"
    Speed 10 kts
    Complement 19
    Armament
    two 100-pdr Parrott rifles
    four IX-inch Dahlgren smoothbores
    two 20-pdr Parrott rifles
    two 24-pdr Dahlgren smoothbores
    Propulsion
    one inclined direct action surface condenser, cylinder diameter 58", stroke 8'9"
    two vertical tubular boilers
    two sidewheels
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