USS Mount Vernon (1859)
USS Mount Vernon at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, June 1861 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Mount Vernon |
| Laid down | 1859 |
| Acquired | by purchase, 12 September 1861 |
| Commissioned | 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 27 June 1865 |
| Fate | Sold, 12 July 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamer |
| Displacement | 625 long tons (635 t) |
| Length | 175 ft 7 in (53.52 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Armament | 1 × 32-pounder gun |
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The first USS Mount Vernon was a wooden-screw steamer in the United States Navy.
Mount Vernon was built at Brooklyn, New York, in 1859; chartered by the Navy in May 1861 for three months; purchased by the Navy at New York on 12 September 1861; and commissioned at New York, Commander Oliver S. Glisson in command.