USS Powhatan (1850)
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The first USS Powhatan was a sidewheel steam frigate in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Powhatan, a Native American chief of eastern Virginia. She was one of the last, and largest, of the United States Navy's paddle frigates.
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USS Powhatan | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Powhatan |
Namesake | Powatan |
Builder | Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia |
Cost | $785,000 |
Laid down | 6 August 1847 |
Launched | 14 February 1850 |
Commissioned | 2 September 1852 |
Decommissioned | 2 June 1886 |
Fate | Scrapped, 5 August 1887 |
General characteristics | |
Type | steam frigate |
Tonnage | 2415 |
Displacement | 3,765 long tons (3,825 t) |
Length | 253 ft 8 in (77.32 m) |
Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine, 1,500 hp (1,119 kW), side paddlewheels |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement | 289 officers and enlisted |
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Powhatan was built by Samuel Hartt and her keel was laid on 6 August 1847 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, then Gosport Shipyard, at Portsmouth, Virginia. Her engines were constructed by Mehaffy & Company. She cost $785,000. She was launched on 14 February 1850 by the Norfolk Navy Yard and commissioned on 2 September 1852, Captain William Mervine in command.