| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | USS Westfield |
| Acquired | by purchase, 22 November 1861 |
| Commissioned | January 1862 |
| Fate | Destroyed to prevent capture, 1 January 1863 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steam gunboat |
| Displacement | 822 long tons (835 t) |
| Length | 215 ft (66 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
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USS Westfield was a sidewheel steam ferryboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Westfield was purchased by the Navy from Cornelius Vanderbilt on 22 November 1861; outfitted at Jeremiah Simonson's shipyard in Brooklyn, New York City; and commissioned in January 1862, Commander William B. Renshaw in command.