 USS Calhoun
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| History | |
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  United States | |
| Name | USS Calhoun |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1851 at New York City |
| Commissioned | March 19, 1862 |
| Decommissioned | May 6, 1864 |
| Renamed |
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| Stricken | 1864 (est.) |
| Captured | by Union Navy forces, January 23, 1862 |
| Fate | Sold on June 4, 1864 to the Union Army |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 508 long tons (516 t) |
| Length | Unknown |
| Beam | Unknown |
| Draft | Unknown |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | Unknown |
| Complement | Unknown |
| Armament | 2 × 32-pounder guns, 1 × 30-pounder rifled gun |
USS Calhoun was a captured Confederate steamer and blockade runner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War.
Calhoun was put into service as a gunboat by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.