USS Omaha (1869)

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History
United States
Name	USS Omaha
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laid down	1867, as Astoria
Launched	10 June 1869
Commissioned	12 September 1872
Decommissioned	1891
Stricken	10 July 1914
Fate	Sold
General characteristics
Type	Screw sloop
Displacement	2,394 long tons (2,432 t)
Length	250 ft 6 in (76.35 m)
Beam	38 ft (12 m)
Draft	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Speed	11.3 knots (20.9 km/h; 13.0 mph)
Armament	1 × 11 in (280 mm) gun 10 × 9 in (230 mm) guns 1 × 60-pounder gun 2 × 20-pounder guns

The first USS Omaha was laid down in 1867 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard as Astoria; launched 10 June 1869; she was renamed Omaha on 10 August 1869; and commissioned 12 September 1872, Captain John C. Febiger in command.