USS Delaware (1861)
USRC Louis McLane, formerly USS Delaware. |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Delaware |
| Builder: | Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Laid down: | 1860 |
| Launched: | 1861 |
| Acquired: | 14 October 1861 |
| Commissioned: | 12 December 1861 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 August 1865 |
| Struck: | est. 1919 |
| Fate: | sold on 12 September 1865 to the US Treasury Department for $40,000 |
| Notes: | Commissioned as USRC Delaware, 1865 Commissioned as USRC Louis McLane, 1873 Merchant steamer Louis Dolive, 1903 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Displacement: | 357 long tons (363 t) |
| Length: | 161 ft (49 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Depth: | 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × walking beam engine side wheel propelled |
| Speed: | 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
| Complement: | 65 (Navy), 33 (Revenue Cutter Service) |
| Armament: | 4 × 32-pounder guns, 1 × 12-pounder rifled gun |
USS Delaware (1861) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy for use during the American Civil War. She had a very active wartime career as a gunboat, and after the war served as a revenue cutter. The steamer was sold to the private sector in 1909, and disappeared from shipping registers in 1919.
Read more about USS Delaware (1861): Origins, Assigned To The North Atlantic Blockade, Virginia River Operations, U.S Revenue Cutter Service History