USS Cimarron (1862)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Cimarron.
The first USS Cimarron (officially changed from the original spelling Cimerone) was a sidewheel double-ended steam gunboat of the United States Navy that served during the American Civil War.
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USS Cimarron (1862-1865) Contemporary lithograph, depicting her off Charleston, South Carolina, during the Civil War. | |
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Name | USS Cimarron |
Laid down | date unknown |
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Commissioned | 5 July 1862 |
Decommissioned | 17 August 1865 at Philadelphia |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 6 November 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 860 ton |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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Speed | 10 knots |
Complement | not known |
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Cimarron, a large ship of 860 tons, was outfitted as a gunboat with six howitzers for riverside operations, and as a blockade interceptor gunboat with a powerful 100-pounder rifle.