USS New Ironsides
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| Construction started | October 15, 1861 |
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| Launched | May 10, 1862 |
| Installed power | 4 × water-tube boilers; 1,800 ihp (1,300 kW) |
| Commissioned | 21 August 1862 |
| Fate | Destroyed by fire, 16 December 1865 |
| Armor | Belt: 4. 5 in (114 mm); Battery: 4. 5 in (114 mm); Deck: 1 in (25 mm); Bulkheads: 2. 5 in (64 mm) |
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| ID | 3083158 |
About USS New Ironsides
USS New Ironsides was a wooden-hulled broadside ironclad built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship spent most of her career blockading the Confederate ports of Charleston, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1863–65.
