| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Vicksburg |
| Acquired | by purchase, 20 October 1863 |
| Commissioned | 2 December 1863 |
| Decommissioned | 29 April 1865 |
| Fate | Sold for merchant service, 12 July 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamship |
| Displacement | 886 long tons (900 t) |
| Length | 185 ft (56 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement | 66 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Vicksburg was a wooden steamship built in 1863 at Mystic, Connecticut; purchased by the United States Navy at New York City on 20 October 1863; converted into a gunboat; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 2 December, Lieutenant Commander L. Braine in command. Vicksburg was named in honor of the great victory that General Ulysses S. Grant had recently won at Vicksburg, Mississippi.