| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | USRC Kankakee |
| Namesake | Kankakee River |
| Operator | United States Revenue Cutter Service |
| Builder | Westervelt & Son |
| Cost | $103,000 |
| Launched | 15 Sep 1863 |
| Completed | Nov? 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 1867, prior to 28 May |
| Renamed | Kawachi (merchant service) |
| Fate | Broken up after February 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Pawtuxet-class cutter |
| Displacement | 350 tons |
| Length | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) (aft) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × two-cylinder oscillating steam engine; single 8 ft (2.4 m) screw |
| Sail plan | Topsail schooner |
| Speed | About 12 knots |
| Complement | 7 × officers, 34 enlisted |
| Armament | |
USRC Kankakee was a Pawtuxet-class screw steam revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Marine during the American Civil War.
Kankakee spent most of her brief career with the Revenue Marine operating in and around Charleston, South Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Apart from her normal revenue cutter duties, she was used as a transport for customs officials and later for testing safety apparatus.
After less than three years as a revenue cutter, Kankakee was sold in 1867 due to dissatisfaction with her machinery. Later voyaging to Japan, where she was renamed Kawachi, she was broken up in or after 1869.