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Ossipee

USS Ossipee

Survived

United States Navy

TypeSloop
WarAmerican Civil War
Main guns1 × 100-pounder Parrott rifle

Fought at Mobile Bay.

Sloop-of-war USS Ossipee, launched in 1861. She is seen here in her 1884-89 configuration, with her 8-inch rifled pivot gun mounted forward of the stack. Photo: United States Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 1 × 100-pounder Parrott rifle
  • 1 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren gun
  • 3 × 30-pounder Dahlgren rifles
  • 6 × 32-pounder guns
  • 1 × heavy 12-pounder smoothbore gun
  • 1 × 12-pounder rifle
BuilderPortsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine
Laid downJune 1861
Launched16 November 1861
Commissioned06 Nov 1862 – 03 Jul 1865 27 Oct 1866 – 30 Nov 1872 10 Oct 1873 – 25 May 1878 28 Jan 1884 – 12 Nov 1889
Displacement1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length207 ft (63 m)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement141 officers and enlisted

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

Career

Launched

16 November 1861

5 August 1864

Fate

Survived

Sold 25 March 1891