USS Black Hawk (1848)

USS Black Hawk (1848)



USS Black Hawk
Career (US)
Ordered: as New Uncle Sam
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: 1848
Acquired: 24 November 1862
Commissioned: 6 December 1862
Out of service: 22 April 1865
Struck: 1867 (est.)
Fate: sold, April 1867
General characteristics
Displacement: 902 tons
Length: 260 ft (79 m)
Beam: 45 ft 6 in (13.87 m)
Draught: depth of hold 8'
Propulsion: steam engine
side wheel-propelled
Speed: not known
Complement: not known
Armament: four 32-pounder smoothbores
two 30-pounder rifled guns
one 12-pounder rifled gun
one 12-pounder smoothbore
Armour: tinclad

USS Black Hawk (1848) was a large steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

She was assigned by the Union Navy to gunship duty in the waterways of the rebellious Confederate States of America.

Read more about USS Black Hawk (1848):  Built As New Uncle Sam At New Albany, Indiana, in 1848, Civil War Service, Subsequent Patrols and Sinking

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