USS Brilliant (1862)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 1862 |
| Acquired: | 13 August 1862 |
| Commissioned: | 2 October 1862 |
| Decommissioned: | circa early 1865 |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate: | sold, 17 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 227 tons |
| Length: | 154 ft 8 in (47.14 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Draught: | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | steam engine stern wheel-propelled |
| Speed: | 6 MPH |
| Complement: | not known |
| Armament: | two 12-pounder rifles two 12-pounder smoothbore guns |
USS Brilliant (1862) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat assigned to patrol Confederate waterways.
Brilliant, a wooden stern-wheel steamer, was built in 1862 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and purchased by the War Department, 13 August 1862 at St. Louis, Missouri; transferred to the Navy with the Western Flotilla 1 October 1862; and commissioned the following day. Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Charles G. Perkins in command.
Read more about USS Brilliant (1862): Assigned To The Mississippi Squadron, Assisting in Driving Off Confederate Attackers of Fort Donelson, Post War Decommissioning
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