USS Algonquin (1863)

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NameAlgonquin
Owner U.S. Navy
Builder Brooklyn Navy Yard
Launched21 Dec 1863
CommissionedNever
FateMerchant service, 1860s; sold foreign 1878; fate unknown
General characteristics
Class and type Sassacus-class gunboat

USS Algonquin (1863), a gunboat, was launched by the New York Navy Yard on 21 December 1863 but poor machinery caused her to fail her trials. Consequently, she was never commissioned and was sold on 21 October 1869.

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