Global InformationUSS Howquah information
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Howquah |
| Acquired | 17 June 1863 |
| Decommissioned | 22 June 1865 |
| Fate | Sold at auction |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw gunboat |
| Displacement | 460 tons |
| Length | 120 ft 7 in (36.75 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 10 in (6.96 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Armament | 2 × 30-pounder Parrott rifle, 1 × 12-pounder rifle, 1 × 12-pounder |
USS Howquah was a screw steamer purchased by the Union Navy in Boston from G. W. Upton on 17 June 1863, for action against Confederate commerce raider CSS Tacony which was then preying upon Northern merchantmen during what Professor Richard S. West has called "the most brilliant daredevil cruise of the war."