USS Baltimore (1861)

History
United States
NameUSS Baltimore
Launched1848
Acquiredby capture, April 21, 1861
CommissionedApril 1861
DecommissionedMay 22, 1865
FateSold, June 24, 1865
General characteristics
TypeSidewheel steamer
Tonnage500 long tons (508 t)
Length200 ft (61 m)
Beam26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Depth of hold10 ft (3 m)
Armament1 × 32-pounder smoothbore gun

The third USS Baltimore was a side-wheel steamer in the United States Navy.

Baltimore was built in 1848 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, captured on the Potomac River between Aquia Creek and Washington, D.C., by the Army on April 21, 1861, turned over to the Navy Department, and commissioned in April 1861, Lieutenant J. H. Russell in command.