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The USS Tyler, Lexington and Conestoga were the Union's first gunboats on the Mississippi. They participated in many actions throughout the war and gave valuable service. Each vessel varied slightly from the others, so details are given for three separately
| Type | Steam Gunboat | Draught | 6' |
| Length | 180ft | Speed | 8 knots |
| Beam | 45'6" | Crew | 67 |
| Armour | Timberclad Casemate | ||
| Armament | 16 x 8" Smoothbores, 1 x 32lb Smoothbore by Sept 62 32lb replaced with 3 x 30lb Rifles and 1 x 12lb smoothbore from March 64 add 4 x 24lb Smoothbores |
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| Vessel Name | Configuration | Draught | Size | HDP | Targetting | Max Speed | Manoeuver | ||||||
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| USS Tyler | S/W Casemate | Shallow | Medium | 41 | C/E | Fast | Good | ||||||
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| Casemate | Hull | Deck | P/H | Turret | Stack | Rudder | Wheels | ||||||
| B | B/S | S | B | B/S | S | Armour | SDP | Armour | WDP | ||||
| C | C | C | U | U | U | U | U | - | U | 15 | U | U | 6 |
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| No | FPGF-MSB, FSGF-MSB, 2xMPGF-MSB, 2xMSGF-MSB,
MGS-LSB (initial) FPGF-MSB, FSGF-MSB, 2xMPGF-MSB, 2xMSGF-MSB, 2xMPGF-LR, MSGF-LR, MSGF-VLSB (Sept '62) FPGF-MSB, FSGF-MSB, 2xMPGF-MSB, 2xMSGF-MSB, 2xMPGF-LR, MSGF-LR, MSGF-VLSB, 2xMPGF-LSB, 2xMSGF-MSB (Mar '64) |
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| 10 | 5 June 1861 | Peter Pig 51 (1/600th) | |||||||||||
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| Type | Steam Gunboat | Draught | Unknown |
| Length | Unknown | Speed | 8 knots |
| Beam | Unknown | Crew | 67 |
| Armour | Timberclad Casemate | ||
| Size for game based on Tyler which had similar tonnage | |||
| Armament | 6 x 32lb Smoothbores by Sept 62 1 x 12lb rifle added by Jan 64 total was 3 x 32lb smoothbores, 3 x 30lb rifles and 1 x 12lb smoothbore |
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| Vessel Name | Configuration | Draught | Size | HDP | Targetting | Max Speed | Manoeuver | ||||||
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| USS Conestoga | S/W Casemate | Shallow | Medium | 41 | C/E | Fast | Good | ||||||
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| B | B/S | S | B | B/S | S | Armour | SDP | Armour | WDP | ||||
| C | C | C | U | U | U | U | U | - | U | 10 | U | U | 6 |
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| No | 2xMPGF-LSB, 2xFSGF-LSB (initial) 2xMPGF-LSB, 2xFSGF-LSB, MGS-VLR (Sept '62) 2xMPGF-LSB,FPGF-LR,MSGF-LSB, FPGF-LR, 2xMSGF-LR, MGS-VLSB (Jan '64) |
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| 10 | 1861 | Peter Pig 51 (1/600th) | |||||||||||
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| Type | Steam Gunboat | Draught | 6' |
| Length | 177'7" | Speed | 7 knots |
| Beam | 36'10" | Crew | Unknown |
| Armour | Timberclad Casemate | ||
| Armament | 4 x 8" Smoothbores 2 x 32lb Smoothbore (1x32lb replaced by Sept 62 with 2 x 30lb Rifles and 1 x 12lb howitzer) from Feb 64 remove 2 x 24lb Smoothbores From Sept 64 total 8 x 8" smoothbores, 1 x 32lb smoothbore, 2 x 30lb rifles and 1 12lb rifle |
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| Vessel Name | Configuration | Draught | Size | HDP | Targetting | Max Speed |
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| USS Lexington | S/W Casemate | Shallow | Medium | 33 | B/E | Fast | Good | ||||||
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| B | B/S | S | B | B/S | S | Armour | SDP | Armour | WDP | ||||
| C | C | C | U | U | U | U | U | - | U | 15 | U | U | 6 |
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| No | 2xMPGF-MSB, 2xMSGF-MSB, FPGF-LSB, FSGF-LSB
(initial) 2xMPGF-MSB, 2xMSGF-MSB, FPGF-LSB, FSGF-VLH, MPGF-LR, MSGF-LR (Sept '62) MPGF-MSB, MSGF-MSB, FPGF-LSB, FSGF-VLH, MPGF-LR, MSGF-LR (Feb '64) 2xMPGF-MSB, 2xMSGF-MSB, FPGF-LSB, FSGF-VLR, MPGF-LR, MSGF-LR (Sept '64) |
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| 8 | 12 Aug 1861 | Peter Pig 51 (1/600th) | |||||||||||
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