USS Arizona (1858)
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For USS Arizonan, see USS Arizonan (ID-4542A).
For other ships with the same name, see USS Arizona.
The first USS Arizona was an iron-hulled, side-wheel merchant steamship. Seized by the Confederate States of America in 1862 during the American Civil War, she was captured later the same year by the United States Navy.
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![]() Arizona (second from right), USS Calhoun (extreme right), and USS Estrella (extreme left) engaging CSS Queen of the West (center), Grand Lake, Louisiana, 14 April 1863 | |
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Name | Arizona |
Operator | Southern Steamship Company |
Builder | Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware |
Laid down | 1858 |
Launched | 1859 |
Fate | Seized by Confederate States Navy, 15 January 1862 |
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Name | Caroline |
Acquired | 15 January 1862 |
Commissioned | 17 March 1862 |
Fate | Captured by United States Navy, 28 October 1862 |
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Name | USS Arizona |
Acquired | 23 January 1863 |
Commissioned | 9 March 1863 |
Fate | Destroyed by fire following accident on board, 27 February 1865 |
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Displacement | 959 long tons (974 t) |
Length | 200 ft (61 m) |
Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Propulsion | Steam sidewheel |
Speed | 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Complement | 82 officers and enlisted |
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