USS Delaware (1861)

USRC Louis McLane, formerly USS Delaware.
History
United States
Name	USS Delaware
Builder	Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down	1860
Launched	1861
Acquired	14 October 1861
Commissioned	12 December 1861
Decommissioned	5 August 1865
Out of service	27 December 1902
Fate	Sold on 12 September 1865 to the U.S. Treasury Department
Notes	Commissioned as USRC Delaware, 1865 Commissioned as USRC Louis McLane, 1873 Merchant steamer Louis Dolive, 1903
General characteristics [1]
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	350 long tons (360 t)
Length	153 ft (47 m)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft	6 ft (1.8 m)
Depth	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Propulsion	1 × walking beam engine,38 in (0.97 m) diameter × 10 ft (3.0 m) stroke side wheel propelled
Sail plan	Gaff rig schooner
Speed	13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h)
Complement	65 (Navy), 33 (Revenue Cutter Service)
Armament	4 × 32-pounder guns, 1 × 12-pounder rifled gun (Navy); 2 guns of unknown caliber (Revenue Cutter Service)

USS Delaware was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy for use during the American Civil War. She had a very active naval career as a gunboat for over three years, and after the war served as a revenue cutter for over 37 years. The steamer was sold to the private sector in 1903, and disappeared from shipping registers in 1919.