USS Cimarron (1862)

USS Cimarron (1862-1865) Contemporary lithograph, depicting her off Charleston, South Carolina, during the Civil War.
History
United States
Name	USS Cimarron
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	16 March 1862 at Bordentown, New Jersey
Commissioned	5 July 1862
Decommissioned	17 August 1865 at Philadelphia
Stricken	1865 (est.)
Fate	Sold, 6 November 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	860 ton
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	steam engine side wheel-propelled double ended
Speed	10 knots
Complement	not known
Armament	one 100-pounder rifle one 9-inch smoothbore gun six 24-pounder howitzers

The first USS Cimarron (officially changed from the original spelling Cimerone) was a sidewheel double-ended steam gunboat of the United States Navy that served during the American Civil War.

Cimarron, a large ship of 860 tons, was outfitted as a gunboat with six howitzers for riverside operations, and as a blockade interceptor gunboat with a powerful 100-pounder rifle.