USS Cimarron (1862)

USS Cimarron (1862-1865) Contemporary lithograph, depicting her off Charleston, South Carolina, during the Civil War.
History
United States
NameUSS Cimarron
Laid downdate unknown
Launched
Commissioned5 July 1862
Decommissioned17 August 1865 at Philadelphia
Stricken1865 (est.)
FateSold, 6 November 1865
General characteristics
Displacement860 ton
Length205 ft (62 m)
Beam35 ft (11 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
Speed10 knots
Complementnot known
Armament
  • one 100-pounder rifle
  • one 9-inch smoothbore gun
  • six 24-pounder howitzers

The first USS Cimarron (officially changed from the original spelling Cimerone) was a sidewheel double-ended steam gunboat of the United States Navy that served during the American Civil War.

Cimarron, a large ship of 860 tons, was outfitted as a gunboat with six howitzers for riverside operations, and as a blockade interceptor gunboat with a powerful 100-pounder rifle.

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