An item reported the departure on Saturday the13th of the USS Osceola commanded by Foster and returning on the 16th. The edition dated 27 July 1867 reported that on Tuesday the 23rd the Dutch governor visited the USS Osceola at Willemstad, Curacao.(1)
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1. Wood-built side-while double ended gunboat which was launched at the shipyard of Curtis and Tilde, Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 29 May 1863, handed over to the Union navy at the Boston Navy Yard on 9 January the next year, commissioned on 10 February, decommissioned on 13 May 1875 and finally sold on an auction on 1 October 1867. With a tonnage of 974 tons were her dimensions 62,48 x 10,67 x 2,654 x 3,51 (depth) metres or 205’0” x 35’” x 8’8.5 x 11’6.”With a speed of 15 knots and an armament consisting of 2-110 pd parrit rifles, 4-22,9cm/9” Dahlgren smoothbore guns, 1-24pd gun, 1-heavy 12pd smoothbore gun,1-12pd rifled gun.
