USS Iroquois (1859)

USS Iroquois
History
United States
NameUSS Iroquois
BuilderNew York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
Launched12 April 1859
Commissioned24 November 1859
Decommissioned6 October 1862
Recommissioned8 January 1863
Decommissioned8 October 1863
Recommissioned13 March 1864
Decommissioned6 October 1865
Recommissioned7 January 1867
Decommissioned23 April 1870
Recommissioned23 August 1871
Decommissioned23 July 1874
Recommissioned12 April 1882
Decommissioned12 May 1892
FateTransferred to Marine Hospital Service
AcquiredTransferred from Marine Hospital Service
Recommissioned13 December 1898
Decommissioned30 June 1899
FateTransferred to Marine Hospital Service
RenamedIonie 30 November 1904
Stricken26 August 1910
General characteristics
TypeSloop-of-war
Displacement1,016 long tons (1,032 t)
Length198 ft 11 in (60.63 m)
Beam33 ft 10 in (10.31 m)
Draft13 ft 10 in (4.22 m)
Propulsionsteam
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Armament
  • 1 × 50-pounder gun
  • 4 × 32-pounder guns
  • 1 × 12-pounder howitzer

The first USS Iroquois was a Mohican-class sloop of war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.