USS Signal (1862)

USS Signal tinclad, circa 1863–64
History
Launched	1862
In service	circa 22 October 1862
Fate	Burned 5 May 1864
General characteristics
Displacement	190 tons
Length	157 ft (48 m)
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draft	1 ft 10 in (0.56 m)
Depth of hold	4 ft 4 in (1.32 m)
Propulsion	steam engine stern wheel-propelled
Armament	2 × 30-pounder Parrott rifles 4 × 24-pounder howitzers 2 × 12-pounder Dahlgren guns

USS Signal – a small 190-ton steamship – was acquired during the second year of the American Civil War by the Union Navy and outfitted as a gunboat. She also served other types of duty, such as that of dispatch vessel and convoy escort.