USS Wampanoag (1864)

USS Florida, ex-Wampanoag
USS Florida, formerly Wampanoag. Probably photographed at New York, 1869.
History
United StatesUnited States
NameUSS Wampanoag
BuilderNew York Navy Yard
Laid down3 August 1863
Launched15 December 1864
Commissioned17 September 1867
Decommissioned5 May 1868
RenamedFlorida, 15 May 1869
FateSold, 27 February 1885
General characteristics
TypeScrew frigate
Displacement4,215 long tons (4,283 t)
Length355 ft (108 m)
Beam45 ft 2 in (13.77 m)
Draft19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Armament
  • 10 × 8 in (200 mm) smoothbore gun
  • 2 × 100-pounder (45 kg) guns
  • 2 × 24-pounder (11 kg) howitzer
  • 2 × 12-pounder (5 kg) howitzer
  • 1 × 60-pounder (27 kg) rifled pivot gun

The first USS Wampanoag was a screw frigate in the United States Navy built during the American Civil War.