USS Kensington (1862)

Kensington in civil service, by William Pierce Stubbs
History
United States
Name	USS Kensington
Builder	J. W. Lynn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Launched	1858
Acquired	by purchase, 27 January 1862
Commissioned	15 February 1862
Decommissioned	5 May 1865
Fate	Sold at auction, 12 July 1865 Sank after a collision, 27 January 1871
General characteristics
Type	Steamship
Displacement	1,053 long tons (1,070 t)
Length	195 ft (59 m)
Beam	31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)
Draft	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	72 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 32-pounder guns 1 × 30-pounder Parrott rifle

The second USS Kensington was a steamship in the United States Navy.

Kensington was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by J. W. Lynn in 1858 and was purchased by the Union Navy at Boston, Massachusetts, 27 January 1862. She commissioned at Boston Navy Yard on 15 February.^[1]