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Hampton Roads to New York. She returned to the Norfolk Navy Yard where she was placed out of commission on 20 December 1871. Nominally undergoing extensive repairs,
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581:Recommissioned on 11 November 1869 for the
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633:This article incorporates text from the
593:). Returning to New York on 12 January,
577:North Atlantic Squadron, 1869–1871
19:For other ships with the same name, see
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324:European Squadron, 1866–1869
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16:Wooden screw sloop in the US Navy
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207:3 × 20-pounder howitzers
583:North Atlantic Squadron
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119:General characteristics
246:Philadelphia Navy Yard
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262:West Indies Squadron
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204:6 × 32-pounder guns
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400:Netherlands
376:Bremerhaven
364:Southampton
332:steamed to
278:West Indies
224:screw sloop
128:Screw sloop
87:23 May 1865
21:USS Swatara
665:1865 ships
654:Categories
622:References
557:Departing
487:Alexandria
477:called at
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312:on 1 May,
290:La Guajira
215:The first
188:Complement
166:Propulsion
599:Caribbean
456:Gibraltar
420:Rochefort
408:Cherbourg
357:USS
294:Venezuela
38:, in 1867
616:new ship
606:, Cuba,
604:Matanzas
524:Monrovia
424:Bordeaux
359:Colorado
354:flagship
286:Trinidad
276:and the
196:Armament
113:new ship
84:Launched
612:Swatara
608:Swatara
595:Swatara
587:Swatara
571:Swatara
563:Swatara
548:Swatara
528:Liberia
520:Swatara
506:Swatara
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475:Swatara
452:Morocco
448:Tangier
436:Swatara
416:Lorient
392:Swatara
380:Germany
372:Swatara
368:England
330:Swatara
314:Swatara
298:Curaçao
274:Bermuda
266:Swatara
242:Swatara
226:in the
219:Swatara
74:Builder
68:Swatara
44:History
36:Swatara
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510:Smyrna
454:; and
428:Ferrol
422:, and
404:French
384:Europe
350:Lisbon
346:Azores
306:Havana
304:; and
142:Length
559:Cadiz
552:Spain
491:Egypt
432:Spain
412:Brest
342:Fayal
181:knots
176:Speed
158:Draft
644:here
534:and
512:and
471:Rome
440:Vigo
310:Cuba
217:USS
150:Beam
124:Type
108:Fate
66:USS
63:Name
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