USS Mattabesett (1863)
The Battle of Albemarle Sound. Mattabesett is second from right | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Mattabesett |
| Builder | A. & G. T. Sampson, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 1862 |
| Launched | 1863 |
| Commissioned | 7 April 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 31 May 1865 |
| Fate | Sold, 15 October 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sassacus-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,173 long tons (1,192 t) |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Installed power | 1 × 712 ihp inclined direct-acting steam engine, auxiliary sails |
| Propulsion | 2 × sidewheels |
| Sail plan | Schooner-rigged |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
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USS Mattabesett, sometimes spelled Mattabeset, a schooner-rigged, wooden hulled, double-ended sidewheel gunboat, was built by A. & G. T. Sampson, Boston, Massachusetts, and named for the Mattabesset River in Connecticut. Mattabesett was delivered to the New York Navy Yard on January 18, 1864, and commissioned April 7, 1864, Commander John C. Febiger in command.