USS Winnebago (1863)

USS Winnebago (1863)

USS Winnebago was a Milwaukee-class double-turret monitor, named for the Winnebago tribe of Siouan Indians that aided the US government during the Black Hawk War of 1832.

The contract for construction of the first Winnebago was awarded to James B. Eads of St. Louis, Missouri, on 27 May 1862; and the hull of the ship was built at Carondelet, Mo., by the Union Iron Works. Launched on 4 July 1863, Winnebago was commissioned on 27 April 1864, Acting Master A. S. Megathlin in command.