USS Huntsville (1857)
USS Huntsville chases the rebel steamer CSS Reliance. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | SS Huntsville |
| Namesake | |
| Owner | H. B. Cromwell & Co. |
| Operator | H. B. Cromwell & Co. |
| Builder | J. A. Westervelt (New York) |
| Launched | 10 December 1857 |
| Completed | January 1858 |
| In service | January 1858 |
| Out of service | April 1861 |
| Fate |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Huntsville |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Operator | United States Navy |
| Acquired | 24 April 1861 |
| Commissioned | 9 May 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 5 April 1862 |
| Recommissioned | 11 June 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 19 August 1864 |
| Recommissioned | 25 March 1865 |
| Decommissioned | 28 August 1865 |
| Fate | Sold 30 November 1865 |
| United States | |
| Name | SS Huntsville |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Owner | Russell Sturgis |
| In service | 1865 |
| Out of service | 1877 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 860 tons |
| Length | 196 ft 4 in (59.84 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft 5 in (5.92 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots |
| Complement | 64 |
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USS Huntsville was a steamer acquired by the United States Navy for service during the American Civil War. She was in commission during three different periods between 1861 and 1865, operating as part of the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America.