USS Aroostook (1861)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Aroostook.
USS Aroostook was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Aroostook was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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USS Aroostook in Chinese waters, circa 1867-69. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Aroostook |
Builder | N. L. Thompson (Kennebunk, ME) |
Cost | $100,500 |
Launched | About 19 Oct 1861 |
Commissioned | 20 Feb 1862 |
Decommissioned | 18 Sep 1869 |
Stricken | 1869 (est.) |
Nickname(s) | Old Rooster |
Fate | Sold, Hong Kong, October 1869 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Unadilla-class gunboat |
Displacement | 691 tons |
Tons burthen | 507 |
Length | 158 ft (48 m) (waterline) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in stroke horizontal back-acting engines; single screw |
Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
Speed | 10 kn (11.5 mph) |
Complement | 114 |
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