USS Lackawanna (1862)

History
United States
NameUSS Lackawanna
BuilderNew York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
Launched9 August 1862
Commissioned8 January 1863
Decommissioned20 July 1865
Recommissioned7 May 1866
Decommissioned10 February 1871
Recommissioned8 May 1872
Decommissioned7 April 1885
FateSold 30 July 1887
General characteristics
Typesloop-of-war
Displacement1,533 long tons (1,558 t)
Length237 ft (72 m)
Beam38 ft 2 in (11.63 m)
Draft16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
Propulsionsteam engine, screw-propelled
Speed10.5 kn (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h)
Armament2 × 11 in (280 mm) Dahlgren smoothbores, 2 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren smoothbores, 1 × 150-pounder Parrot rifled gun, 1 × 50-pounder Dahlgren rifled gun, 2 × 24-pounder howitzers, 2 × 12-pounder howitzers, 2 × 12-pounder rifled guns

The first USS Lackawanna was a screw-propelled sloop-of-war in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was named after the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania.