USS R. R. Cuyler

USS R. R. Cuyler
History
Union Navy Jack United States
Cost$142,000[1]
Laid downdate unknown
Launched1860, in New York
AcquiredMay 1861
Commissionedcirca June 1861
Decommissioned1 July 1865
Strickenest. 1865
Fate
  • Sold 15 August 1865
  • Sunk, September 1867
General characteristics
Displacement1,200 tons
Length237 ft (72 m)
Beam33 ft 3 in (10.13 m)
Draught17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion
Speed14 knots
Complementnot known
Armament
  • eight 32-pounder guns
  • two rifled guns

USS R. R. Cuyler was a steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was outfitted by the Union Navy as a gunboat and was assigned to the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America.

She was named for the president of the Central Georgia Railroad.

  1. ^ "The Steamer R. R. Cuyler", Scientific American, New Series, Volume 2, Issue 14, p. 214, 1860-03-31.