USS Juniata (1862)
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| Name: | USS Juniata |
| Namesake: | The Juniata River |
| Builder: | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Launched: | 20 March 1862 |
| Sponsored by: | Miss Angela Turner |
| Commissioned: | 4 December 1862 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 June 1867 |
| Recommissioned: | 19 July 1869 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 July 1872 |
| Recommissioned: | 10 February 1873 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 September 1876 |
| Recommissioned: | 30 October 1882 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 February 1889 |
| Fate: | Sold 25 March 1891 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steam Sloop-of-war |
| Tonnage: | 1240 |
| Draft: | 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement: | 160 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Juniata was a sloop of war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Juniata was named for the Juniata River. She was launched at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 20 March 1862; sponsored by Miss Angela Turner; and commissioned there on 4 December, Commander John M. B. Glitz in command. Juniata was one of four sister ships which included Adirondack, Housatonic and Ossipee.
Scheduled for service in the West Indies, Juniata was temporarily assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and stationed at Norfolk, Virginia, where her guns could help defend the area while machinery defects were corrected at the Navy Yard. She departed Hampton Roads for the West Indies on 26 April 1863 and four days later captured schooner Harvest bound for Nassau, New Providence, with a cargo of cotton. She joined the West Indies Squadron at Havana on 5 May. She captured English steamer Victor about 8 miles off Morro Castle, Cuba on 28 May, and on 13 June took the schooner Fashion, loaded with chemicals critically needed by the Confederacy. The next day she captured the English schooner Elizabeth, and the Don Jose on 2 July.
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