| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Quinnebaug |
| Builder: | New York Navy Yard |
| Launched: | 31 March 1866 |
| Commissioned: | 19 July 1867 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 July 1870 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1871 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Sloop-of-war |
| Tonnage: | 1,113 long tons (1,131 t) |
| Length: | 216 ft (66 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Speed: | 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) |
| Complement: | 122 |
| Armament: | • 1 × 60-pounder Parrott rifle • 4 × 32-pounder guns • 1 × 20-pounder gun |
The first USS Quinnebaug was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy.
Quinnebaug was built by the New York Navy Yard, launched on 31 March 1866; sponsored by Lt. Comdr. David B. Harmony; and commissioned on 19 July 1867, Comdr. Edward Barrett in command.
The new gunboat departed New York on 31 August 1867 and cruised along the Atlantic coast of South America for almost three years before returning to Norfolk on 18 July 1870. She decommissioned there on the 29th and was laid up until broken up in 1871.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.