USS Champion (1859)
USS Champion | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Champion |
| Launched | 1859 |
| Acquired | 14 March 1863 |
| Commissioned | 26 April 1863 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1865 |
| Fate | Sold, 29 November 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 115 long tons (117 t) |
| Length | 145 ft 8 in (44.40 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m) |
| Draft | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) |
| Armament |
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USS Champion was a small gunboat originally built as the commercial vessel Champion No. 4 in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1859. She was purchased for the Union Navy in 1863 during the American Civil War, serving until July 1865, when she was sold back to civilian service.