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USS Powhatan, a Common card
The first USS Powhatan was a sidewheel steam frigate in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 87
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,600
Power 87 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
USS Powhatan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the USS Powhatan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She was named for Powhatan, a Native American chief of ______ Virginia.
Answer
eastern. She was named for Powhatan, a Native American chief of eastern Virginia. From the USS Powhatan article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Powhatan was built by Samuel Hartt and her keel was laid on 6 August ____ at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, then Gosport Shipyard, at Portsmouth, Virginia.
Answer
1840s. Powhatan was built by Samuel Hartt and her keel was laid on 6 August 1847 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, then Gosport Shipyard, at Portsmouth, Virginia. From the USS Powhatan article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- She was named for Powhatan, a Native American chief of eastern Virginia.
- She was one of the last, and largest, of the United States Navy's paddle frigates.
- Powhatan was built by Samuel Hartt and her keel was laid on 6 August 1847 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, then Gosport Shipyard, at Portsmouth, Virginia.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The USS Powhatan article was read about 9,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get USS Powhatan
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, USS Powhatan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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