USS Kensington (1862)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Kensington.
The second USS Kensington was a steamship in the United States Navy.
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Kensington in civil service, by William Pierce Stubbs | |
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Name | USS Kensington |
Builder | J. W. Lynn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Launched | 1858 |
Acquired | by purchase, 27 January 1862 |
Commissioned | 15 February 1862 |
Decommissioned | 5 May 1865 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Steamship |
Displacement | 1,053 long tons (1,070 t) |
Length | 195 ft (59 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m) |
Draft | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 72 officers and enlisted |
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Kensington was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by J. W. Lynn in 1858 and was purchased by the Union Navy at Boston, Massachusetts, 27 January 1862. She commissioned at Boston Navy Yard on 15 February.[1]