USS Acacia
Tugboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Acacia was a steam-powered tugboat in the service of the United States Navy during the American Civil War, named after the Acacia tree.
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Name | USS Acacia |
Launched | September 1863 |
Commissioned | 8 December 1863 |
Decommissioned | 12 May 1865 |
Fate | Sold at public auction |
General characteristics | |
Type | Tugboat |
Displacement | 300 long tons (300 t) |
Length | 125 ft (38 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 2 in (7.06 m) |
Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 58 |
Armament | 2 × 20-pounder (9 kg), 1 × 12-pounder (5 kg) rifled howitzers, 1 × 12-pounder (5 kg) smoothbore howitzer |
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She was launched as Vicksburg sometime in September 1863, purchased and renamed by the Navy at Boston, Massachusetts on 28 October 1863, and commissioned in the Boston Navy Yard on 8 December 1863 with Acting Master John D. Childs in command.