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USS Peri

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sternwheel tinclad #57:

Built in 1863 at Cincinnati OH. as the steamer packet Reindeer

Launched in 1863

Purchased by the U.S. Navy in April 1864

Outfitted as a tinclad at location unknown

Renamed Peri, 30 April 1864

Commissioned USS Peri, date and location unknown

Decommissioned, date unknown, at Mound City, IL.

Sold, 17 August 1865, at Mound City to private owners

Redocumented as Marietta, 3 October 1865

Final Disposition, reported sunk at Omaha, NE, 8 January 1868

Specifications:
Displacement 155 t.
Length 147'5"
Beam 28'1"
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft 4'5"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown

Propulsion

steam engines, 13½'s-4'

sternwheel

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