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USS Chocura (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Unadilla-class Screw Gunboat:

laid down, date unknown, by Curtis and Tilden, Boston, MA

Launched, 5 October 1861

Delivered, 29 January 1862, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.

Commissioned 15 February 1862, CDR. T. H. Patterson in command

Assigned to the blockade of Yorktown and patrol of the York River in April 1862

Reassigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in November for service off Wilmington, N.C.

Between November 1862 and August 1863 Chocura captured two prizes, and assisted USS Maratanza in taking another

Reassigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in November 1863

Patrolling in the Gulf of Mexico between November 1863 and January 1865, Chocura took six prizes and assisted in capturing two others

After the war Chocura was assigned to the newly activated Gulf Squadron in October 1866

Decommissioned, 7 June 1867, at New York

Sold 13 July 1867

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 507 t.
Length 158'
Beam 28'
Depth of Hold 12'
Draft 10' 5"
Speed 6 kts
Complement unknown

Armament

one XI" Dahlgren smoothbore

two 24-pdr smoothbores

one 20-pdr gun

Propulsion

steam engine

two Martin's patent boilers , 2 furnaces in each boiler

single screw

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