USS Sumter (1862)

The River Defense Fleet in the Battle of Plum Point Bend.
History
United States
Launched	1853
In service	April 1862
Captured	by U.S. Navy ca. 6 June 1862
Fate	Ran aground 14–15 August 1862; Stripped and burned
General characteristics
Displacement	525 tons
Length	182'
Beam	28' 4"
Draught	depth of hold 10' 8"
Propulsion	Steam engine; sidewheel
Armament	two 32-pounder guns[1] or four 32-pounder and one 12-pounder gun[2]
Armour	Iron plate, cotton bales

USS Sumter was a 525-ton sidewheel paddle steamer captured by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.

Sumter originally was the Confederate cottonclad ram CSS General Sumter. She was placed into Confederate service and then United States Navy service, each for a short period of time, before she ran aground and was destroyed.