USS Congress (1868)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Congress.
The fifth USS Congress was a screw sloop in the United States Navy.
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United States | |
Name | Pushmataha |
Operator | United States Navy |
Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
Laid down | 1863 |
Renamed | 15 May 1868, to Cambridge |
Launched | 17 July 1868 (1868-07-17) |
Renamed | 10 August 1869, to USS Congress |
Commissioned | 4 March 1870 |
Decommissioned | 26 July 1876 |
Sold: | 20 September 1883 (1883-09-20) |
General characteristics | |
Type | Screw sloop |
Displacement | 3,003 tons |
Length | 296+5⁄6 feet (90.5 meters) |
Beam | 41 feet (12 meters) |
Draft | 15+1⁄2 feet (4.7 meters) |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 250 |
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