USS Metacomet (1863)

USS Metacomet
History
United States
Name	USS Metacomet
Builder	Thomas Stack, Brooklyn, New York
Launched	7 March 1863
Commissioned	4 January 1864
Decommissioned	18 August 1865
Fate	Sold, 28 October 1865
General characteristics
Class and type	Sassacus-class gunboat
Displacement	1,173 long tons (1,192 t)
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	12.5 kn (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h)
Armament	2 × 100-pounder guns, 2 × 24-pounder guns, 1 × 12-pounder gun, 4 × 9-pounder guns

The second USS Metacomet was a wooden sidewheel steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship was named for Metacomet, a war chief of the Wampanoag Indians.

Metacomet was launched on 7 March 1863 by Thomas Stack, Brooklyn, New York, and commissioned at New York on 4 January 1864 under the captaincy of Commander James E. Jouett.