USS Metacomet (1863)
USS Metacomet | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Metacomet |
| Builder | Thomas Stack, Brooklyn, New York |
| Launched | 7 March 1863 |
| Commissioned | 4 January 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 18 August 1865 |
| Fate | Sold, 28 October 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sassacus-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,173 long tons (1,192 t) |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 12.5 kn (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h) |
| Armament | 2 × 100-pounder guns, 2 × 24-pounder guns, 1 × 12-pounder gun, 4 × 9-pounder guns |
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The second USS Metacomet was a wooden sidewheel steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship was named for Metacomet, a war chief of the Wampanoag Indians.
Metacomet was launched on 7 March 1863 by Thomas Stack, Brooklyn, New York, and commissioned at New York on 4 January 1864 under the captaincy of Commander James E. Jouett.