USS Miami (1861)

USS Miami at anchor on the James River, Virginia.
History
United States
NameUSS Miami
BuilderPhiladelphia Navy Yard
Launched16 November 1861
Commissioned29 January 1862
Decommissioned22 May 1865
Fate
  • Sold at auction, 10 August 1865
  • Merchant steamer until 1869
General characteristics
TypeSidewheel gunboat
Displacement730 long tons (742 t)
Length208 ft 2 in (63.45 m)
Beam33 ft 2 in (10.11 m)
Draft8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement134 officers and men
Armament
Crew of the USS Miami, circa 1864

The first USS Miami was a side-wheel steamer, double-ender gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

Miami was launched by Philadelphia Navy Yard on November 16, 1861, and commissioned there on January 29, 1862, Lieutenant Abram Davis Harrell in command.