USS Corwin (1849)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Corwin |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 1849 |
| Acquired: | September 1861 |
| In service: | 1861 |
| Out of service: | 1865 |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate: | Returned to the U.S. Treasury Department after the war’s end |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Displacement: | 330 long tons (340 t) |
| Length: | Unknown |
| Beam: | Unknown |
| Draft: | Unknown |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine side wheel-propelled |
| Speed: | Unknown |
| Complement: | Unknown |
| Armament: | 2 × 32-pounder guns, 2 × 12-pounder guns |
USS Corwin (1849) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
Read more about USS Corwin (1849): U.S. Coast Survey Vessel Transferred To The Union Navy, Assigned To The North Atlantic Blockade, Post-war Return of The Vessel To The Coast Survey, See Also, References