| History | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_(1865%E2%80%931867).svg){kind=small}  United States | |
| Launched | 1862 |
| Acquired | 11 March 1864 |
| Commissioned | 30 August 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 12 August 1865 |
| Fate | Sold, 17 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 214 tons |
| Length | 154 feet 7 inches (47.12 m) |
| Beam | 32 feet 3 inches (9.83 m) |
| Draft | 5 feet (1.5 m) |
| Propulsion |
|
| Speed | 7 mph (upstream) |
| Armament | 2 × 24-pounder howitzers |
USS Siren was the 214-ton wooden-hulled, stern-wheel steamer White Rose launched in 1862 that the Union Navy purchased in 1864. The Navy outfitted Siren with two 24-pounder howitzers for use in bombardment and assigned her to operations on the Mississippi River where Union forces were attempting to maintain control of the river in order to split the Confederate States of America in two. The Navy sold her in 1865 and new owners returned her name to White Rose. They abandoned her in 1867.