USS Willamette (1865)

History
United States
NameUSS Willamette
NamesakeThe Willamette River in Oregon
Ordered1865
Laid downNever
FateCancelled 1866
General characteristics
Class & typeContoocook-class sloop-of-war or frigate
Displacement3,003 tons
Length290 ft (88 m) (waterline)
Beam41 ft (12 m)
Height15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) mean
Propulsion4 Martin boilers (2 superheaters), 1-shaft, horizontal return connecting rod engine
Sail planbark-rigged or ship-rigged
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Complement350
Armament

USS Willamette was a proposed United States Navy screw sloop-of-war or steam frigate that was cancelled in 1866 without ever having been laid down.

Willamette was a wooden-hulled bark-rigged (or ship-rigged) Contoocook-class screw sloop-of-war or steam frigate with a single funnel slated to be built for the Union Navy late in the American Civil War. The contract for her construction was cancelled in 1866 before her keel was laid.