&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Ellen_(1859).jpg) USS Ellen in service as a gunboat, ca. 1861–62
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Ellen |
| Launched | 1 February 1853 |
| Acquired | by purchase, 10 October 1861 |
| Commissioned | 16 October 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 30 October 1862 |
| Fate | Sold, 2 September 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steam gunboat |
| Displacement | 341 long tons (346 t) |
| Length | 125 ft (38 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Complement | 50 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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The first USS Ellen was a side-wheel steam gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Ellen was built at New York City in 1853 as a civilian ferryboat, and purchased by the Navy on 10 October 1861 at New York; outfitted by New York Navy Yard; and commissioned 16 October 1861.