USS Mahaska-- Part 3: Armament

The Mahaska was commissioned 5 May 1862 under Lt. N.H. Farquhar.

On 20 February 1863, it captured the schooner General Taylor in the Chesapeake Bay

It participated in the joint Army-Navy operation to Jacksonville, Florida, 5 February to 4 April 1864.

It captured the schooner Delia near Bayport, Florida, 17 February 1865.

The steamer was 228'2" long, had a 33'10" beam and 10'4" draft.

Its armament consisted of one 100-pdr. Parrott rifle, one 9-inch gun and four 24-pdr. guns.

--Old B-Runner