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USS Fort Gaines
ex
 USS Commodore (1864)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Sidewheel Steamer:
  • Built at New Orleans LA., 1863
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Taken as a prize in the Gulf of Mexico, 5 February 1864
  • Commissioned, USS Commodore in 1864
  • Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron
  • Renamed USS Fort Gaines, 1 September 1864
  • Decommissioned at New Orleans, date unknown
  • Sold at public auction at New Orleans, 12 August 1865
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown, off the lists by 1870
    Specifications:
    Displacement 69 t.
    Length 100 ft
    Beam 20.4 ft
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft 4.3 ft
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    one 20-pdr Parrott rifle
    one 12-pdr rifle
    one 24-pdr
    one light 12-pdr
    Propulsionsteam
    steam engine
    boiler
    two sidewheels
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