USS New Era
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see New Era (ship).
USS New Era was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. New Era was also a name initially carried (until 1861) by a timberclad (later ironclad) USS Essex.
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Launched | 1862 |
Acquired | 27 October 1862 |
Commissioned | December 1862 |
Decommissioned | 28 June 1865 |
Fate | Sold, 17 August 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 157 tons |
Length | 137 ft 1 in (41.78 m) |
Beam | 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m) |
Draft | 4 ft (1.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
Propulsion |
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Armament | 6 × 24-pounder howitzers |
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