USS Saginaw (1859)
See USS Saginaw for other ships of this name.
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Saginaw |
| Laid down: | 16 September 1858 |
| Launched: | 3 March 1859 |
| Commissioned: | 5 January 1860 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 29 October 1870 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | sloop-of-war |
| Displacement: | 453 long tons (460 t) |
| Length: | 155 ft (47 m) |
| Draft: | 4 ft 5 in (1.35 m) |
| Complement: | 50 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 × 50 pdr (23 kg) gun, 1 × 32 pdr (15 kg) gun, 2 × 24 pdr (11 kg) rifles |
The first USS Saginaw was a sidewheel sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.