USS Neosho (1863)
USS Neosho (1863–1873) – Watercolor by Dr. Oscar Parkes
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| Name: | USS Neosho |
| Namesake: | Neosho River |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works, Carondelet, Missouri |
| Laid down: | mid-1862 |
| Launched: | 18 February 1863 |
| Completed: | 1 July 1863 |
| Commissioned: | 13 May 1863, Cairo, Illinois |
| Decommissioned: | 23 July 1865, Mound City, Illinois |
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| Struck: | 1873 (est.) |
| Fate: | Sold, 17 August 1873 |
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| Class and type: | Neosho-class river monitor |
| Tons burthen: | 523 (bm) |
| Length: | 180 ft (54.9 m) |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draft: | 4 ft 6 in (1.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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| Speed: | 12 miles per hour (10 kn) |
| Complement: | 100 |
| Armament: | 2 × 11-inch (279 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns |
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USS Neosho, the lead ship of her class, was an ironclad river monitor laid down for the Union Navy in the summer of 1862 during the American Civil War. After completion in mid-1863, the ship spent time patrolling the Mississippi River against Confederate raids and ambushes as part of Rear Admiral David Porter's Mississippi Squadron. She participated in the Red River Campaign in March–May 1864. Neosho resumed her patrols on the Mississippi after the end of the campaign. She supported the Union Army's operations on the Cumberland River and provided fire support during the Battle of Nashville in December 1864. Neosho was decommissioned after the war and remained in until sold in 1873.
The steam-powered gun turret of the Neosho was at the bow. She had a single deckhouse between the funnel and the sternwheel, although another was later added between the turret and the funnel. Her pilothouse was positioned above the rear deckhouse, next to the forward face of the sternwheel. The ship was 180 feet (54.9 m) long overall and had a beam of 45 feet (13.7 m). When launched she proved to have a draft 1 foot (0.3 m) deeper than planned and she measured 523 tons burthen. Neosho had four steam boilers powering a two-cylinder, western steamboat-type engine that drove the sternwheel. The ship had a maximum speed of 12 miles per hour (19 km/h) in service and she carried 50 long tons (51 t) of coal. Her crew numbered 100 officers and enlisted men. After commissioning, the ship was modified with a small breakwater at her bow.
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