USS Galena in ironclad configuration in 1862 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Galena |
| Ordered: | 16 September 1861 |
| Builder: | H.L. & C.S. Bushnell, Mystic, Connecticut |
| Laid down: | 1861 |
| Launched: | 14 February 1862 |
| Commissioned: | 21 April 1862 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 June 1869 |
| Struck: | 1872 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1872 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ironclad screw steamer |
| Displacement: | 738 long tons (750 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Speed: | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement: | 164 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren guns, 2 × 100-pounder Parrott rifles |
USS Galena — an ironclad screw steamer — was one of the first three ironclads, each of a different design, built by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She had an unconventional armor plating arrangement which proved ineffective. Designed by famed naval architect Samuel Hartt Pook, her keel was laid down by H. L. and C. S. Bushnell of Mystic, Connecticut. She was launched on 14 February 1862, and commissioned on 21 April 1862, Commander Alfred Taylor in command.