USS Tristram Shandy

History
United States
Namesake	Tristram Shandy
Launched	1864
Acquired	1864
Commissioned	12 August 1864
Decommissioned	21 June 1865
Out of service	1 September 1868
Captured	by Union Navy forces; 15 May 1864;
Fate	Sold, 1 September 1868
General characteristics
Displacement	444 tons
Length	222 ft (68 m)
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draft	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Propulsion	steam engine; side wheel-propelled;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Armament	three 12-pounder guns; one 20-pounder Parrott rifle;

USS Tristram Shandy was a 444-ton steamer and blockade runner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

With her Parrott rifle installed, she was used by the Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederate States of America to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

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