USS Wyalusing coming to the aid of USS Otsego and USS Bazely on the Roanoke River, 9 December 1864 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Wyalusing |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons |
| Launched: | 12 May 1863 |
| Commissioned: | 8 February 1864 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 June 1865 |
| Fate: | Sold, 15 October 1867 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Displacement: | 1,173 long tons (1,192 t) |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 154 officers and men |
| Armament: | • 2 × 100-pounder Parrott rifles • 4 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren gun • 4 × 24-pounder howitzers • 2 × 9-pounder rifled gun • 2 × heavy 12-pounder smoothbore guns |
USS Wyalusing was a double-ended, side-wheel gunboat that served in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the borough of Wyalusing in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Wyalusing was built at Philadelphia by C. H. & W. H. Cramp, launched on 12 May 1863, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 8 February 1864, with Lieutenant Commander Walter W. Queen in command.