&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Ozark_(1864-1865)_-_NH_61472.jpg) Ozark serving in the Mississippi River Squadron in 1864–65
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by | Neosho class |
| Succeeded by | Milwaukee class |
| Completed | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| History | |
 United States | |
| Name | USS Ozark |
| Namesake | The Ozark Tribe of the Quapaw Indians |
| Awarded | 14 May 1862 |
| Builder | George C. Bestor |
| Cost | About $215,000 |
| Laid down | 1862 |
| Launched | 18 February 1863 |
| Commissioned | 18 February 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 24 July 1865 |
| Fate | Sold, 29 November 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 578 bm |
| Length | 180 ft (54.9 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15.2 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Installed power | 4 × boilers |
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| Speed | 9 miles per hour (14 km/h) |
| Complement | 120 |
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USS Ozark was a single-turreted river monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship served in the Mississippi River Squadron during the war, and participated in the Red River Campaign shortly after she was commissioned in early 1864. Ozark patrolled the Mississippi River and its tributaries after the end of the campaign for the rest of the war. She was decommissioned after the war and sold in late 1865.
The ship's activities or owner are not known after her sale, but Ozark transported Federal troops and New Orleans police attempting to apprehend the white supremacists who killed numerous blacks during the Colfax Massacre in 1873. She ferried witnesses back and forth to their homes on the Red River during the subsequent trials in 1874. Her ultimate fate is unknown.