USS Delaware

      Lt. S.P. Quackenbush, Commanding

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Description: Iron side-wheel steamer

 

Tonnage: 357 tons

 

Length: 161’

 

Beam: 27’

 

Draft: 6’

 

Purchased: 14 October 1861

 

From: Harlan, Hollingsworth & Co.

 

Built: 1861 at Wilmington, Delaware

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of Gun

Reg. No.

Foundry

Prover

Weight

Year

 

IX-inch shell

347

C.A. & Co.

W.R.T.

9190 lbs.

1861

 

32-pdr

672

F.P.F.

C.C.T.

57.2.21 cwt

1851

 

12-pdr

6

WNY

J.A.D.

873 lbs.

1861