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| | Scourge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | The third Scourge was built in 1848 as merchant steamer, Bangor, by Betts, Harlan, and Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Del. She was powered by twin screws and was the first iron-hulled, sea-going merchant vessel in the United States. |
 | | Scourge subsequently participated in the capture of LaPena, Palmasola, Hospital Hill, Tuxpan, and Tabasco. |
 | | The Scourge was sold at New Orleans to a foreign country on 7 October 1848. |
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