USS Pittsburgh (1861)

USS Pittsburgh
History
Union Navy Jack United States
NamesakeThe City of Pittsburgh
LaunchedOctober 1861
Commissioned25 January 1862
FateSold for scrap, 29 November 1865
General characteristics
Displacement512 tons
Length175 ft (53 m)
Beam51 ft 6 in (15.70 m)
Draft6 ft (1.8 m)
PropulsionStern wheeler
Complement251
Armament(see section below)
Armor

USS Pittsburgh (often Pittsburg) was a City-class ironclad gunboat constructed for the Union Army by James B. Eads during the American Civil War, and transferred to the Union Navy in October 1862. She was commissioned in January 1862, Commander Egbert Thompson in command.