USS General Grant

General Grant in 1864
History
United States
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	1863
Acquired	20 July 1864
Commissioned	20 July 1864
Decommissioned	2 June 1865
Stricken	1865 (est.)
Fate	Returned to the War Department 2 June 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	201 tons
Length	171 ft (52 m)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draught	depth of hold 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
Propulsion	steam engine side wheel-propelled
Speed	not known
Complement	not known
Armament	two 30-pounder guns two 24-pounder howitzers

USS General Grant was a steamship chartered from the U.S. War Department by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a gunboat in waterways of the Confederate South.