.jpg) USS General Lyon (1862-1865) View of the ship's upper deck, forward, during the Civil War, showing her smokestacks and a 12-pounder Dahlgren howitzer on an iron field carriage. Note low wooden railing around the deck edge.
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| History | |
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  United States | |
| Name | USS General Lyon |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1860 |
| Commissioned | 24 October 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 3 August 1865 |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Captured |
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| Fate | Sold, 17 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 468 tons |
| Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | not known |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament | two 12-pounder rifled guns |
USS General Lyon, originally the De Soto, was recaptured from the Confederate States of America and renamed USS De Soto, and then USS General Lyon, after Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon.
The steamer was put into service by the Union Navy as a storeship and dispatch boat serving the Union ships on the blockade of the Confederacy.
