USS Springfield (1862)
USS Springfield was a steamship purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat assigned to patrol Confederate waterways.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1862 |
| Acquired | 20 November 1862 |
| Commissioned | 12 January 1863 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1865 |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, 17 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 146 tons |
| Length | 134 ft 9 in (41.07 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 11 in (8.20 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft (1.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 4 ft 4 in (1.32 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | not known |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament | six 24-pounder howitzers |
| Armor | tin clad |
Springfield—a stern wheel river steamer built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1862—was purchased by the Navy at that city on 20 November 1862; and was commissioned at Cairo, Illinois, on 12 January 1863, Lt. Henry A. Glassford in command.
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