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Marietta (I)

Row Gunboat
  • Built in 1803-05 at Marietta, OH. by Edward W. Tupper
  • Launched, date unknown
  • The 5-gun, 28-oared row gunboat, Marietta was part of the fleet of gunboats President Thomas Jefferson planned to use as America's first line of coastal defense
  • Marietta was sent down to New Orleans around 1807
  • She probably guarded the southern and southeast Atlantic coasts of the United States during the years before the War of 1812
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 52'
    Beam 14'6"
    Depth of Hull 5'8"
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown Armament
    one 24-pdr gun
    four 6-pdrs
    Propulsion oars/sail
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