 USRC E. A. Stevens operating in the Hampton Roads area, Virginia.
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| Name | USRC Naugatuck |
| Namesake | An Indian word meaning "one tree" or "fork of the river." |
| Operator | U.S. Revenue Cutter Service |
| Laid down | 1844 |
| Launched | at New York City in 1844 |
| In service | March 1862 |
| Out of service | 1889 |
| Renamed | USRC E. A. Stevens, 1862 |
| Stricken | 1890 (est.) |
| Nickname(s) | "Hoboken Ironclad" |
| Fate | continued in use as the USRC Naugatuck until sold in 1890 |
| Status | afterwards known as the merchant vessel Argus |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Armored gunboat |
| Type | twin-screw semi-submersible |
| Tonnage | 192 register tons (544 m³) |
| Length | 110 ft (33.5 m) |
| Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
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| Complement | 24 officers and men |
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| Armor | iron-plate belt at gunwale |
USRC Naugatuck was a twin-screw ironclad experimental steamer operated by the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service during the American Civil War. She served the U.S. Treasury Department as the USRC E.A. Stevens (later Naugatuck), a name she retained until sold in 1890. She was loaned to the Navy by the Treasury Department and thus mistakenly referred to in U.S. Navy dispatches during early 1862 as "USS Naugatuck".[1][2]
- ^ Thiesen, pp. 141–54
- ^ Naval History and Heritage Command. "Naugatuck". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 29 February 2012.