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USS Algonquin (1863)

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Name
  
Algonquin

Commissioned
  
Never

Builder
  
Brooklyn Navy Yard

Owner
  
U.S. Navy

Launched
  
21 December 1863

Fate
  
Merchant service, 1860s; sold foreign 1878; fate unknown

USS Algonquin (1863), a gunboat, was launched by the New York Navy Yard on 21 December 1863 but poor machinery caused her to fail her trials. Consequently, she was never commissioned and was sold on 21 October 1869.

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USS Algonquin (1863) Wikipedia