USS Samuel Rotan
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uss-samuel-rotan-324-10333757
title:
USS Samuel Rotan
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USS Samuel Rotan was a schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was outfitted by the Union Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Prior to the war, the US Navy had mostly large, deep-draft, oceangoing vessels. The establishment of the Union blockade required small, fast, shallow-draft vessels like the Samuel Rotan for littoral operations.
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Gunboat of the United States Navy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Samuel_Rotan
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2023-10-31T15:48:03Z
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