USS St. Clair

History
United States
Launched1862
Acquired13 August 1862
Commissioned24 September 1862
Decommissioned12 July 1865
FateSold, 17 August 1865
General characteristics
Displacement203 tons
Length156 ft (48 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft2 ft 4 in (0.71 m)
Propulsion
Armament
  • 2 × 12-pounder smoothbore guns
  • 2 × 12 pounder rifles

USS St. Clair was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat assigned to patrol Confederate waterways.

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