USS Cimarron (1862)
USS Cimarron (1862-1865) Contemporary lithograph, depicting her off Charleston, South Carolina, during the Civil War. |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Cimarron |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 16 March 1862 at Bordentown, New Jersey |
| Commissioned: | 5 July 1862 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 August 1865 at Philadelphia |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate: | sold, 6 November 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 860 ton |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | steam engine side wheel-propelled double ended |
| Speed: | 10 knots |
| Complement: | not known |
| Armament: | one 100-pounder rifle one 9-inch smoothbore gun six 24-pounder howitzers |
The first USS Cimarron (officially changed from the original spelling Cimerone) was a sidewheel double-ended steam gunboat of the United States Navy that served during the American Civil War.
Cimarron, a large ship of 860 tons, was outfitted as a mortar gunboat with six howitzers for riverside operations, and as a blockade interceptor gunboat with a powerful 100-pounder rifle.
Read more about USS Cimarron (1862): Launched in New Jersey in 1862, Post-war Decommissioning