An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Saturday the 1st of the American steam warship USS Shenandoah commanded by Kirkland towards Savanilla, Colombia.(1)
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1. Wood-built screw steam sloop. Launched at the Philadelphia Navy yard by Miss Selina Pascoe on 8 December 1862, commissioned on 20 June 1863, decommissioned on 23 October 1886 and sold to W.T. Garratt&Company, San Francisco, USA on 30 July 1887. Displacement of 1.397 tons/1.375 long tons were the dimensions 69 x 11,68 x 4,83 metres or 225’ x 38’4” x 15’10”. With a speed of 15 knots, a crew numbering 175 men and an armament of 1-150pd Parrott rifle, 2-28cm/11” Dahlgren smoothbore guns, 1-30pd Parrott rifle, 2-24pd rifled howitzers, 2-12pd rifles and 2 heavy 12pd smoothbore howitzers.
Note
1. Wood-built screw steam sloop. Launched at the Philadelphia Navy yard by Miss Selina Pascoe on 8 December 1862, commissioned on 20 June 1863, decommissioned on 23 October 1886 and sold to W.T. Garratt&Company, San Francisco, USA on 30 July 1887. Displacement of 1.397 tons/1.375 long tons were the dimensions 69 x 11,68 x 4,83 metres or 225’ x 38’4” x 15’10”. With a speed of 15 knots, a crew numbering 175 men and an armament of 1-150pd Parrott rifle, 2-28cm/11” Dahlgren smoothbore guns, 1-30pd Parrott rifle, 2-24pd rifled howitzers, 2-12pd rifles and 2 heavy 12pd smoothbore howitzers.
