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USS Clyde (1863)

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53: 31: 645: 356:. By running from Greenock in conjunction with the trains from Glasgow, a much faster transit was offered compared with the all-water services from central Glasgow. She also ran the full route to Glasgow, occasionally becoming involved in the dangerous practice of racing against her crack rivals of 1861, 466:. He intended to use the steamer for shipping canned fish and oyster from the Indian River in Florida. Upon arriving at Indian River Inlet, the steamer grounded hard in the shallow inlet and could not be refloated. 30: 302:
for James S. Napier and James McIntyre, Glasgow. She was 211.7 feet (64.5 m) long, 18.8 ft (5.7 m) in breadth and 8.2 ft (2.5 m) deep and measured 260 tons
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was recorded in the shipyard's records as achieving 17.63 knots (32.65 km/h; 20.29 mph) knots, making her "the fastest steamer afloat".
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to be surveyed and appraised, she was purchased by the Navy Department and placed in commission on 29 July 1863,
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tied up in port, circa 1863–1865. Note this former blockade runner's pivot-mounted Dahlgren howitzer
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sailed from Washington on 6 September and arrived at Key West on 13 September for duty with the
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Clyde Built: Blockade Runners, Cruisers and Armoured Rams of the American Civil War
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The Clyde Passenger Steamer: Its Rise and Progress during the Nineteenth Century
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Colonel Henry Theodore Titus: Antebellum Soldier of Fortune and Florida Pioneer
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before capture. After the war she was sold to mercantile interests as
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on 27 September, and participated in two boat expeditions up the
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Departing New York on 30 July 1863, the steamer arrived at
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USS Clyde
USS Clyde (1863-1865) Tied up in port, circa 1863-1865. Note this former blockade runner's pivot-mounted Dahlgren howitzer
Union Navy
Steamer
Steam engine
kn
howitzers
paddle steamer
Union Navy
American Civil War
Glasgow
Clyde passenger steamer
Mobile, Alabama
Robert Napier and Sons
Govan
burthen
grt
nrt
diagonal direct-acting steam engine
nhp
ihp
side paddles
Greenock
Renfrewshire
Rothesay
Isle of Bute
Lackawanna
Key West, Florida
New York City
Acting

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