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Palos (Gunboat)
Built in 1865 by James Tetlow, Chelsea, MA; Launched, (date unknown); Placed in service as a Yard Tug at Boston Navy Yard; Placed in ordinary, 1869; Converted to a Gunboat and commissioned as USS Palos, 11 June 1870; Condemned as unfit for further service, 6 July 1892; Decommissioned, 25 January 1893 and sold at auction; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Subsequently scrapped.
Specifications: Displacement 420 t.; Length 137'; Beam 26' ; Draft 9' 10"; Speed 10.35 kts; ; Complement unknown; Armament two guns; Propulsion steam.
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Palos towing landing party to Kanghwa-do Island, Korea. 10 June 1871. |
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