USS Tristram Shandy
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Namesake | Tristram Shandy |
| Launched | 1864 |
| Acquired | 1864 |
| Commissioned | 12 August 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 21 June 1865 |
| Out of service | 1 September 1868 |
| Captured |
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| Fate | Sold, 1 September 1868 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 444 tons |
| Length | 222 ft (68 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Armament |
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USS Tristram Shandy was a 444-ton steamer and blockade runner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
With her Parrott rifle installed, she was used by the Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederate States of America to prevent the South from trading with other countries.