USS Winnebago (1863)

A contemporary sketch of USS Winnebago
History
United States
Name	USS Winnebago
Namesake	Winnebago Indians
Ordered	27 May 1862
Builder	Union Iron Works, Carondelet, St. Louis
Laid down	1862
Launched	4 July 1863
Commissioned	27 April 1864
Renamed	Tornado, 15 June 1869 Winnebago, 10 August 1869
Fate	Sold for scrap, 12 September 1874
General characteristics
Class and type	Milwaukee-class river monitor
Displacement	1,300 long tons (1,300 t)
Tons burthen	970 bm
Length	229 ft (69.8 m)
Beam	56 ft (17.1 m)
Draft	6 ft (1.8 m)
Installed power	7 × Tubular boilers
Propulsion	4 × Shafts 2 × Non-condensing steam engines
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement	138
Armament	2 × twin 11-inch (279 mm) Smoothbore Dahlgren guns
Armor	Gun turrets: 8 in (203 mm) Side: 3 in (76 mm) Deck: .75–1.5 in (19–38 mm) Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm)

USS Winnebago was a double-turret Milwaukee-class river monitor, named for the Winnebago tribe of Siouan Indians, built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. The ship participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864, during which she was lightly damaged, and the bombardments of Forts Gaines and Morgan as Union troops besieged the fortifications defending the bay. In early 1865, Winnebago again supported Union forces during the Mobile Campaign as they attacked Confederate fortifications defending the city of Mobile, Alabama. She was placed in reserve after the end of the war and sold in 1874.