&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Queen_of_the_West_Destruction.jpg) Arizona (second from right), USS Calhoun (extreme right), and USS Estrella (extreme left) engaging CSS Queen of the West (center), Grand Lake, Louisiana, 14 April 1863
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Arizona |
| Operator | Southern Steamship Company |
| Builder | Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Laid down | 1858 |
| Launched | 1859 |
| Fate | Seized by Confederate States Navy, 15 January 1862 |
 Confederate States | |
| Name | Caroline |
| Acquired | 15 January 1862 |
| Commissioned | 17 March 1862 |
| Fate | Captured by United States Navy, 28 October 1862 |
 United States | |
| Name | USS Arizona |
| Acquired | 23 January 1863 |
| Commissioned | 9 March 1863 |
| Fate | Destroyed by fire following accident on board, 27 February 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 959 long tons (974 t) |
| Length | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam sidewheel |
| Speed | 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 82 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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The first USS Arizona was an iron-hulled, side-wheel merchant steamship. Seized by the Confederate States of America in 1862 during the American Civil War, she was captured later the same year by the United States Navy.