Thursday, May 17, 2018

USS Canandaigua-- Part 1: Commissioned 1862, Served Until 1875.


From Wikipedia.

Sloop of War,  1395 tons, steam engine screw.  Commissioned August 1, 1862, decommissioned April 8, 1865, recommissioned November 22, 1865

Renamed USS Detroit May 15, 1869.  Renamed Canandaigua August 18, 1869.  decommissioned November 8, 1875.  Scrapped 1884.

228 feet long, 38.5 foot beam, 15 foot draft, 10 knots.

Armament:  two 11-inch smoothbore, one 8-inch smoothbore, two 20-pdr. rifles.

--Old B-Runner

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