USS Sagamore (1861)
USS Sagamore (3rd ship from the right) at Ship Island base, | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Sagamore |
| Builder | Reaney, Son & Archbold |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1 September 1861 at Boston, Massachusetts |
| Commissioned | 7 December 1861 at the Boston Navy Yard |
| Decommissioned | 1 December 1864 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, 13 June 1865 |
| Empire of Japan | |
| Acquired | 1865 |
| In service | 1868 |
| Renamed | Yōshun (陽春) |
| Fate | Sold, 1870 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Unadilla-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 691 tons |
| Tons burthen | 507 |
| Length | 158 ft (48 m) (waterline) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in stroke horizontal back-acting engines; single screw |
| Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
| Speed | 10 kn (11.5 mph) |
| Complement | 114 |
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USS Sagamore was a Unadilla-class gunboat built on behalf of the United States Navy for service during the American Civil War. She was outfitted as a gunboat and assigned to the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America. Sagamore was very active during the war, and served the Union both as a patrol ship and a bombardment vessel.