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Piscataqua

 

A river in New England, forming the boundary between Maine and New Hampshire.

 

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Chimo (q.v.), a light draft monitor, was renamed Orion 15 June 1869 and Piscataqua 10 August 1869. The ship was broken up for scrap in 1874.