USS Palos 



An iion hull, screw gunboat built in 1866 by James Tetlow of 

 Boston, originally as a screw tug. She served as a yard tug at 

 Boston Navy yard until 1870 when she was reclassified as a 

 gunboat and sailed for Asiatic duty via the Suez Canal where she 



became the first U. S. ship of war to pass through the Canal. 

 Palos was sold in 1893 at auction in Nagasaki. 



Length: 137' Displacement: 420 tons 



USS Kansas 



A steam gunboat built in 1863 by Philadelphia Navy Yard. A 

 veteran of the Civil War, Kansas made several surveying 

 expeditions to Central America for potential inter-oceanic canal 



routes. Laid-up at Portsmouth Navy Yard in 1875, she was 



finally sold in 1883. 



Length: 129' 6" Displacement: 625 tons 



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