USS Isaac N. Seymour
USS ''Isaac N. Seymour'', also referred to variously as ''Seymour'', ''I. N. Seymour'' and ''J. N. Seymour'', was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy for use as a gunboat during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a littoral ship in fire support, supply and blockading roles. Construction and design ''Isaac N. Seymour'' was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamer built by Benjamin C. TerrySilverstone 1989. p. 97. at Keyport, New Jersey, in 1860 as the tugboat ''I. N. Seymour''. The ship had a displacement of 133 long tons, a length of 100 feet, beam of 19 feet 8 inches and hold depth of 7 feet 6 inches; her draft fully loaded was 6 feet 6 inches, with a light draft of 5 feet 6 inches. ''I. N. Seymour'' was powered by a vertical beam steam engine with a 30-inch bore and 6-foot stroke, built by Fletcher, Harrison & Co. of New York. The vessel had an average speed of 5 knots and a maximum speed of 11 knots.Daniels 1921p. 106 On 26 October 1861, ''I. N. Seymour'' ...
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Keyport, NJ
Keyport is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 7,240,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Keyport borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey
, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 10, 2012.Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Keyport borough
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