| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Pontiac |
| Namesake | Chief Pontiac |
| Builder | Hillman & Streaker (Philadelphia) |
| Laid down | 1862 |
| Launched | 1863 |
| Acquired | 7 July 1864 |
| Commissioned | 7 July 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 21 June 1865 |
| Fate | Sold 15 October 1867, later Larkspur |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sassacus-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 974 tons |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Complement | 172 |
| Armament | 2 100-pdr.P.r.; 4 9" D.sb, 4 24-pdr. how., 2 heavy 12-pdr., 2 12-pdr. r. |
USS Pontiac was a wooden, double-ended, side-wheel gunboat in the United States Navy during the Civil War. She was named for the Ottawa chief, Pontiac.