USS Hetzel as she appeared during her Civil War service.
History
United States
Laid down
not known
Launched
1861
Acquired
21 August 1861
Commissioned
21 August 1861
Decommissioned
October 1865
Stricken
1865 (est.)
Fate
Returned to Coast Survey, October 1865.
Beginning in 1868 towed and used only for living quarters. In 1872 sunk at anchorage in Edenton Bay and raised and used again for housing until abandoned in 1874.[1]
General characteristics
Displacement
200 tons
Length
150 ft (46 m)
Beam
22 ft (6.7 m)
Draft
7.5 ft (2.3 m)
Propulsion
Steam engine
Side wheel-propelled
Speed
Not known
Complement
Not known
Armament
1 × 9 in (230 mm) gun
1 × 80-pounder gun
USS Hetzel was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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