USS Varuna

Sunk

Type	Gunboat
War	American Civil War
Main guns	8× 8-inch (20 cm) Dahlgren guns

Converted merchant steamer. The only Union warship sunk running past the forts below New Orleans, rammed by Governor Moore and Stonewall Jackson.

From U.S. Navy public domain; Photo #: NH 57822; USS Varuna (1862-1862); Sepia wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1904. Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo: R. G. Skerrett, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

8× 8-inch (20 cm) Dahlgren guns
2× 30-pounder Parrott rifles

Builder	Charles Mallory & Sons
Laid down	January or February 1861
Launched	September 1861
Commissioned	February 1862
Length	218 ft (66 m)
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) (designed)
Complement	157

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

Career

Launched

September 1861

Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Sunk

18–28 April 1862

Rammed twice