USS Nipsic
USS Nipsic was a gunboat in the Union Navy. The ship was laid down on 24 December 1862 by Portsmouth Navy Yard; launched on 15 June 1863; sponsored by Miss Rebecca Scott; and commissioned on 2 September 1863, Lieutenant Commander George Bacon in command.
Nipsic at the Atrato River in Colombia | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Nipsic |
| Laid down | 24 December 1862 |
| Launched | 15 June 1863 |
| Commissioned | 2 September 1863 |
| Decommissioned | 1873 |
| Refit | Broken up and rebuilt between 1873-1879 |
| Recommissioned | 11 October 1879 |
| Decommissioned | 2 October 1890 |
| Refit | Rebuilt and extended, 1889-1890 |
| Fate | Burned for salvage, late 1915. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 592 long tons (601 t) |
| Length | 179 ft 6 in (54.71 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
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In 1874 she was rebuilt as a new, and substantially larger, Adams/Enterprise-class gunboat. The Navy rebuilt some ships to new, when they could not get budget authorization for a new ship, but had significant funding for repairs. She would also be completely rebuilt in 1890 her length and beam extended and her tonnage increased.
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