USS Circassian

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History
United States
Acquired	8 November 1862
Commissioned	12 December 1862
Decommissioned	26 April 1865
Captured	by Union Navy forces 4 May 1862
Fate	Sold, 22 June 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	1,750 tons
Length	241 ft (73 m)
Beam	39 ft (12 m)
Draft	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	steam engine screw-propelled
Armament	4 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore guns 1 × 100-pounder rifle 1 × 12-pounder rifle

USS Circassian was a large steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

She was used by the Union Navy as a supply ship for ships on the blockade of the ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America.

The ship was named after the Circassians.