USS Huron (1861)
USS Huron | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Huron |
| Namesake | Lake Huron |
| Launched | 21 Sep 1861 |
| Commissioned | 8 Jan 1862 |
| Decommissioned | Oct 1868 |
| Renamed | D.H. Bills |
| Stricken | 1869 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, 14 June 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Unadilla-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 691 tons |
| Tons burthen | 507 |
| Length | 158 ft (48 m) (waterline) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in stroke horizontal back-acting engines; single screw |
| Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
| Speed | 10 kn (11.5 mph) |
| Complement | 114 |
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USS Huron was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War for blockage duty against the ports and rivers of the Confederate States of America.
Huron, a schooner-rigged screw steamer, was launched on 21 September 1861 by Paul Curtis, Boston, Massachusetts, under Navy contract; and commissioned on 8 January 1862 at Boston Navy Yard, Lieutenant John Downes in command.