USS Underwriter

       Lt. William N. Jeffers, Commanding

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Description: Wooden side-wheel steamer

 

 

 

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Tonnage: 341 tons

 

Length: 170’

 

Beam: 23’7”

 

Depth: 8’1”

 

Purchased: 23 August 1861

 

From:

 

Built: 1852 at Brooklyn, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of Gun

Reg. No.

Foundry

Prover

Weight

Year

 

8-inch

146

F.P.F

 

55.2.14 cwt

1847

 

8-inch

148

F.P.F.

 

55.2.18 cwt

1847

 

12-pdr SB how.

80

W.N.Y.

 

762 lbs.

1861

 

12-pdr Rif.how.

31

W.N.Y.

 

877 lbs.

1861