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was 150 feet (46 m) long and 25 feet (7.6 m) wide, with a draft of 10 feet (3.0 m). She was propelled by steam machinery and twin screw propellers, which could drive the ship at 10
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in June 1864, before completion. On 3 August 1864 she was commissioned, with Lieutenant J. S. Kennard, CSN, in command, although still lacking a full complement.
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was a wooden-hulled gunboat ordered in 1861 from Henry F Willink's shipyard at
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had an intended complement of 91, and was armed with six guns.
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Savannah capitulated on 21 December and three days later
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USS Macon

Gunboat
Savannah, Georgia
CSS Peedee
knots
Augusta, Georgia
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Gunboats
Confederate States Navy
A. B. Seger
Anglo-Norman
Appomattox
Beaufort
Black Warrior
Bienville
Carondelet
Chattahoochee
Clifton
Curlew
Drewry
Ellis
Fanny
Forrest
Gaines
George Page
Governor Moore
Grand Duke

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