USS De Soto (1859)
USS De Soto was a fast wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship that saw service as a U.S. Navy gunboat during the American Civil War. De Soto was originally a privately owned vessel, built for passenger service between New York and New Orleans. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, she was purchased by the Navy, commissioned as USS De Soto, and sent to assist with the blockade of Confederate ports. De Soto's speed made her an effective pursuit ship, and she would capture or bring about the destruction of a total of eighteen blockade runners during the war.
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USS De Soto (1859)
USS De Soto was a fast wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship that saw service as a U.S. Navy gunboat during the American Civil War. De Soto was originally a privately owned vessel, built for passenger service between New York and New Orleans. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, she was purchased by the Navy, commissioned as USS De Soto, and sent to assist with the blockade of Confederate ports. De Soto's speed made her an effective pursuit ship, and she would capture or bring about the destruction of a total of eighteen blockade runners during the war.
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USS De Soto was a fast wooden- ...... he waterline in December 1870.
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1861-08-21
1868-09-30
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1861-08-12
1870-12-31
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7.71144e+1
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1.15824e+1
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1859-06-25
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Destroyed by fire 31 December 1870
Sold 30 September 1868
Sold toU.S. Navy, 12 August 1861
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2.253076e+1
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*1861: 8 × 32-pdr guns; 1 × 30 ...... rifles; 2 × 12-pdr smoothbores
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*1861 – 16 Jun 1864
*12 Aug 1865 – 11 Sep 1868
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United States
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Ship in service
August 1859?
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1859-06-25
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SS De Soto
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USS De Soto
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Ship namesake
Hernando De Soto , Spanish explorer and conquistador
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Ship out of service
1861-08-12
1870-12-31
Ship owner
Livingston, Crocheron & Co.
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Livingston, Fox & Co.
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Ship propulsion
*1 × vertical beam
*2 × 30-ft diameter sidewheels; auxiliary sails
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United States
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New York–Havana–New Orleans
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USS De Soto was a fast wooden- ...... ockade runners during the war.
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