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USS ''Canandaigua'' (1862) was a sloop-of-war which displaced , with steam engine screw, acquired by the Union Navy during the second year of the American Civil War. After the war, ''Canandaigua'' was retained and placed in operation in Europe and elsewhere. With her heavy guns (three of them rifled) and speed of , she was an ideal and successful gunboat in the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America. ''Canandaigua'' — a screw sloop — was launched on March 28, 1862, by Boston Navy Yard, and commissioned on August 1, 1862, with Commander J. F. Green in command. ==Union service== ''Canandaigua'' reported to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron off Charleston, South Carolina on August 26, 1862, adding to the Union capability to isolate the Confederacy from overseas supplies. Off Charleston on May 15, 1863, ''Canandaigua'' took the sloop ''Secesh''; later she destroyed another blockade runner, and aided in the capture of a schooner and a steamer in the same area. In addition to blockading, ''Canandaigua'' cooperated with Union Army forces taking part in the long series of attacks on positions in Charleston harbor in 1863–1864. On February 17, 1864, she rescued 150 members of the crew of when she fell victim to the historic attack of the Confederate submarine CSS ''H. L. Hunley''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Canandaigua (1862)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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