USS Ticonderoga (1862)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Ticonderoga.
USS Ticonderoga
History
United States
NameUSS Ticonderoga
BuilderNew York Navy Yard
Laid down1861
Launched16 October 1862
Commissioned12 May 1863
Decommissioned5 May 1865
Recommissioned1866
Decommissioned24 October 1874
Recommissioned5 November 1878
Decommissioned10 September 1882
FateSold, 5 August 1887
General characteristics
TypeScrew sloop-of-war
Displacement2,526 long tons (2,567 t)
Length237 ft (72 m)
Beam38 ft 2 in (11.63 m)
Draft17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Armament
  • 1 × 150-pounder Parrott rifle
  • 1 × 50-pounder Dahlgren rifle
  • 6 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren smoothbores
  • 2 × 24-pounder howitzers
  • 2 × 12-pounder rifles
  • 2 × heavy 12-pounder smoothbores

The second USS Ticonderoga was a 2526-ton Lackawanna-class screw sloop-of-war laid down by the New York Navy Yard in 1861; launched on 16 October 1862; sponsored by Miss Katherine Heaton Offley; and commissioned at New York on 12 May 1863, Commodore J. L. Lardner in command.