USS Cayuga

Survived

Type	Gunboat
War	American Civil War
Main guns	1 × 11″ gun

Led the first section past the forts below New Orleans.

USS Cayuga (1862-1865), a 691-ton Unadilla class screw steam gunboat. Caption USS Cayuga, by R.G. Skerrett, circa 1900 Photo: Wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Original

1 × 11-in Dahlgren smoothbore
2 × 24-pdr smoothbore
2 × 20-pdr Parrott rifle

Builder	S. Gildersleeve & Sons (Portland, CT)
Launched	21 October 1861
Commissioned	21 February 1862
Displacement	691 tons
Length	158 ft (48 m) (waterline)
Speed	10 kn (11.5 mph)
Complement	114

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

21 October 1861

Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Survived

18–28 April 1862

Led the way

Fate

Survived

Sold, 25 October 1865