USS Pontoosuc

Lithograph published by Endicott & Co., New York, circa 1865. Collection of Commander Charles Moran, USNRF, 1935.
History
United States
Name	USS Pontoosuc
Laid down	1863
Commissioned	10 May 1864
Decommissioned	5 July 1865
Fate	Sold, 3 October 1866
General characteristics
Class and type	Sassacus-class gunboat
Tonnage	974
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine, side wheels
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	100+
Armament	2 × 100-pounder Parrott rifles 4 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns 2 × 20-pounder Parrott rifles 1 × 12-pounder smoothbore 1 × 12-pounder rifle 2 × 24-pounder howitzers
Armor	4 in (100 mm)

USS Pontoosuc was a Union Navy vessel in the American Civil War. A side wheel gunboat, Pontoosuc was built under contract with G. W. Lawrence and the Portland Company, Portland, Maine, and was named for Pontoosuc, Illinois, on the Mississippi River. She was commissioned at Portland on 10 May 1864 with Lieutenant Commander George A. Stevens in command.