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USS Algonquin

An American Indian tribe which inhabited the area of the Ottawa River valley.

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Algonquin, a gunboat, was launched by the New York Navy Yard on 21 December 1863; but poor machinery caused her to fail her trials. Consequently, she was never commissioned and was sold on 21 October 1869.

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