USS Otsego (1863)

History
United States
Name	USS Otsego
Builder	Jacob A. & D. D. Westervelt, New York City
Launched	31 March 1863
Commissioned	spring of 1864
Fate	Sunk by mine, 9 December 1864
General characteristics
Class and type	Sassacus-class gunboat
Displacement	974 tons
Length	205 ft 0 in (62.48 m)
Beam	35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Draft	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Propulsion	steam engine side-wheel propelled
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	145
Armament	two 100-pounder Parrott rifles two 20-pounder Parrott rifles four 9" Dahlgren smoothbores two 24-pounder guns

USS Otsego was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.