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USQMD Suffolk

Sternwheel Packet:

Laid down in 1845 as the wooden steamer Niagara at French Creek (Clayton), New York, by John Oades

Launched in 1845

Operated by Ontario & St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. 1849-1859

Ontario Steamboat Co. 1859-1862

Purchased by the War Department, 16 July 1863

Commissioned USQMD Suffolk 1863

Final Disposition, sunk in the Gulf of Mexico, 7 October 1864

Specifications:
Displacement 473 t.
Length 192'4"
Beam 27'5"
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft 9'4"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Passengers unknown
Cargo Capacity unknown

Propulsion

boiler(s)

one vertical beam R.H. Durham & Co., N.Y. steam engine, cylinder 49" x 11' stroke, wheels, 26' diameter

two sidewheelsr

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
301311101	153k	Hudon River steamer SS Niagara. Oil on Canvas by James Bard www.picryl.com from The Athenaeum via wikimedia		John Spivey

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