USS Canandaigua (1862)

USS Canandaigua
USS Canandaigua on November 19, 1870.
History
United States
NameUSS Canandaigua
NamesakeCanandaigua Lake and Canandaigua, New York
BuilderBoston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts
LaunchedMarch 28, 1862
CommissionedAugust 1, 1862
DecommissionedApril 8, 1865
RecommissionedNovember 22, 1865
RenamedUSS Detroit May 15, 1869
NamesakeDetroit, Michigan
RenamedUSS Canandaigua August 10, 1869
DecommissionedNovember 8, 1875
FateScrapped 1884
General characteristics
TypeSloop-of-war
Displacement1,395 long tons (1,417 t)
Length228 ft (69 m)
Beam38 ft 5 in (11.71 m)
Draft15 ft (4.6 m)
PropulsionSail, with steam engine screw
Speed10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Armament2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore guns, 1 × 8 in (200 mm) smoothbore gun, 3 × 20-pounder rifles

USS Canandaigua was a sloop-of-war which displaced 1,395 long tons (1,417 t), with steam engine screw, acquired by the Union Navy during the second year of the American Civil War. After the war, Canandaigua was retained and placed in operation in Europe and elsewhere.

With her heavy guns (three of them rifled) and speed of 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h), she was an ideal and successful gunboat in the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America.