USS Winnebago (1863)
A contemporary sketch of USS Winnebago
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| Name: | USS Winnebago |
| Namesake: | Winnebago Indians |
| Ordered: | 27 May 1862 |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works, Carondelet, St. Louis |
| Laid down: | 1862 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1863 |
| Commissioned: | 27 April 1864 |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 12 September 1874 |
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| Class and type: | Milwaukee-class river monitor |
| Displacement: | 1,300 long tons (1,300 t) |
| Tons burthen: | 970 bm |
| Length: | 229 ft (69.8 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft (17.1 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Installed power: | 7 × Tubular boilers |
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| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement: | 138 |
| Armament: | 2 × twin 11-inch (279 mm) Smoothbore Dahlgren guns |
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USS Winnebago was a double-turret Milwaukee-class river monitor, named for the Winnebago tribe of Siouan Indians, built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. The ship participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864, during which she was lightly damaged, and the bombardments of Forts Gaines and Morgan as Union troops besieged the fortifications defending the bay. In early 1865, Winnebago again supported Union forces during the Mobile Campaign as they attacked Confederate fortifications defending the city of Mobile, Alabama. She was placed in reserve after the end of the war and sold in 1874.
Winnebago was 229 feet (69.8 m) long overall and had a beam of 56 feet (17.1 m). The ship had a depth of hold of 8 feet 6 inches (2.6 m) and a draft of 6 feet (1.8 m). She was 970 tons burthen and displaced 1,300 long tons (1,300 t). Her crew numbered 138 officers and enlisted men.
The ship was powered by two 2-cylinder horizontal non-condensing steam engines, each driving two propellers, using steam generated by seven tubular boilers. The engines were designed to reach a top speed of 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph). Chickasaw carried 156 long tons (159 t) of coal.
The ship's main armament consisted of four smoothbore, muzzle-loading 11-inch Dahlgren guns mounted in two twin-gun turrets. Her forward turret was designed by James Eads and her rear turret by John Ericsson. Each gun weighed approximately 16,000 pounds (7,300 kg) and could fire a 136-pound (61.7 kg) shell up to a range of 3,650 yards (3,340 m) at an elevation of +15°.
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