USS Sumter (1862)
The River Defense Fleet in the Battle of Plum Point Bend. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Launched | 1853 |
| In service | April 1862 |
| Captured | by U.S. Navy ca. 6 June 1862 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 525 tons |
| Length | 182 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) |
| Draught | depth of hold 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine; sidewheel |
| Armament | two 32-pounder guns or four 32-pounder and one 12-pounder gun |
| Armour | Iron plate, cotton bales |
USS Sumter was a 525-ton sidewheel paddle steamer captured by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.
Sumter originally was the Confederate cottonclad ram CSS General Sumter. She was placed into Confederate service and then United States Navy service, each for a short period of time, before she ran aground and was destroyed.