USS Hatteras

Sunk

Type	Gunboat
War	American Civil War
Main guns	4 × 32-pounder guns

Converted iron paddle steamer on the Galveston blockade. Sunk by Alabama in 1863.

USS Hatteras (1861-1863) in center in action with CSS Alabama, off Galveston, Texas, on 11 January 1863. Hatteras was sunk in this engagement. Lithographed by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, Md. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 42372 Photo: A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, Md., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × 32 pdr (15 kg) guns, 1 × 20 pdr (9.1 kg) gun

Builder	Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	date unknown
Commissioned	October 1861 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
Displacement	1,126 long tons (1,144 t)
Length	210 ft (64 m)
Speed	8 kn (9.2 mph; 15 km/h)
Complement	126

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

Career

Launched

date unknown

Action off Galveston

Sunk

11 January 1863