USS Sacramento (1862)

USS Sacramento spar deck plan
History
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NameUSS Sacramento
BuilderPortsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine
Launched28 April 1862
Commissioned7 January 1863
Decommissioned21 August 1865
Recommissioned17 September 1866
FateGrounded and wrecked, 19 June 1867
General characteristics
TypeScrew sloop-of-war
Displacement2,100 long tons (2,100 t)
Length229 ft 6 in (69.95 m)
Beam38 ft (12 m)
Draft8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 7 in (5.05 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed12.5 kn (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h)
Complement161 officers and enlisted
Armament1 × 150-pounder rifle, 2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore guns, 1 × 30-pounder rifle, 2 × 24-pounder howitzers, 2 × 12-pounder rifles, 2 × 12-pounder smoothbore guns

The first USS Sacramento was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy.

Sacramento was launched on 28 April 1862 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, in Kittery, Maine; sponsored by a Mrs. Tilton of Boston; and commissioned on 7 January 1863, Commander Andrew E. K. Benham in command.