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Monday 2 December 2019

American paddle steam gunboat USS Mackinaw visited Willemstad, Curacao according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 10 November 1866

An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Wednesday the 7th of the American steam warship USS Mackinaw commanded by A.J. Drake towards Aspinwall, USA.(1)

Note
1. Sidewheel steamship launched at New York, USA on 22 April 1863, commissioned on 23 April 1864, decommissioned on 4 May 1867 and sold on a public auction held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 3 October. With a displacement of 974-1.173 tons were her dimensions 206’x 35’x 9’, Speed 14 knots. Her armament consisted of 2-25,4cm/10” guns, 4-22,9 cm/9” guns , 2-24” guns and 1 heavy 12 pd guns.