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USS Glide (1863)

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Acquired
  
1863

Decommissioned
  
August 1865

Propulsion
  
Steam

Launched
  
1863

Weight
  
235.7 tons

Commissioned
  
November 1863

Fate
  
sunk, January 1869

Armament
  
6 guns

Length
  
49 m

Displacement
  
210,500 kg

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The second USS Glide was a sternwheel tinclad gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

Originally built in Murraysville, Virginia in 1863, was purchased by the Navy the same year. She was converted to a "tinclad" gunboat No. 43 USS Glide. From early 1864 until the end of the war she was assigned to blockading duties in Berwick Bay, Louisiana. She was decommissioned and sold in August 1865, then she served in commercial service as Glide. She was destroyed by a boiler explosion in January 1869.

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USS Glide (1863) Wikipedia