USS Nansemond (1862)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Nansemond.
The tugboat James F. Freeborn in merchant service, before her naval commissioning as USS Nansemond
History
Union Navy Jack United States
NameUSS Nansemond
BuilderLawrence & Foulks (NY)
Laid down1862
Acquiredby purchase, 18 August 1863
Commissioned19 August 1863
Decommissioned8 August 1865
Fate
  • Transferred to U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, 22 August 1865, renamed W.H. Crawford 20 November 1873[1]
  • Sold, 24 April 1897[1]
General characteristics
TypeSteamer
Displacement340 long tons (350 t)
Length146 ft (45 m)
Beam26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement63 officers and enlisted
Armament1 × 30-pounder Parrott rifle, 2 × 24-pounder guns

The first USS Nansemond, a side wheel steamer built at Williamsburg, N.Y. in 1862, as James F. Freeborn, was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City on 18 August 1863 from Richard Squires; it was renamed Nansemond and commissioned at Baltimore on 19 August, with Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson in command.

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