 The U. S. S. Tyler by F. Muller
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Tyler |
| Launched | 1857 |
| Commissioned | September 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 1865 |
| Fate | Sold at public auction, 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sidewheel gunboat |
| Tonnage | 575 |
| Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 45 ft 4 in (13.82 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement | 61 officers and men |
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USS Tyler was originally a merchant steamboat named A. O. Tyler, a commercial side-wheel steamboat with twin stacks and covered paddles positioned aft. Constructed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1857, it was acquired by the United States Navy, 5 June 1861 for service in the American Civil War and converted into the gunboat USS Tyler on 5 June 1861. She was commissioned in September 1861. She was protected with thick wooden bulwarks.