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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Cayuga |
| Builder | S. Gildersleeve & Sons (Portland, CT) |
| Launched | 21 October 1861 |
| Commissioned | 21 February 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 31 July 1865 |
| Fate | Sold, 25 October 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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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The first USS Cayuga was a Unadilla-class gunboat in the United States Navy.
Cayuga was launched 21 October 1861 by S. Gildersleeve and Sons, Portland, Connecticut and outfitted at New York Navy Yard. She was commissioned 21 February 1862, Lieutenant N. B. Harrison in command, and reported to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron.