USS Umpqua (1865)

History
United States
NameUSS Umpqua
BuilderSnowden & Mason, Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Laid downMarch 1863
Launched21 December 1865
CommissionedNever commissioned
Stricken1874 (est.)
Homeport
FateSold, 12 September 1874
General characteristics
Class & typeCasco-class monitor
Displacement1,175 long tons (1,194 t)
Length225 ft (69 m)
Beam45 ft (14 m)
Draft6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion
Speed9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h)
Complement69 officers and enlisted
Armament2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns
Armor
  • Turret: 8 in (200 mm)
  • Pilothouse: 10 in (250 mm)
  • Hull: 3 in (76 mm)
  • Deck: 3 in (76 mm)

USS Umpqua, a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor, was laid down in March 1863, before the official order had been placed, at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, by Snowden & Mason; launched on 21 December 1865; and completed on 7 May 1866.