USS Winona (1861)
USS Winona in the Mississippi River off Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in March 1863.
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| Name: | USS Winona |
| Namesake: | The chief village of the Kiyuksa band of the Mdewakanton Sioux. |
| Builder: | C. & R. Poillon, New York City |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 14 September 1861 |
| Completed: | 1861 at New York City |
| Acquired: | by the Navy at the New York Navy Yard on 26 November 1861 |
| Recommissioned: | 11 December 1861 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 June 1865 |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate: | sold at New York City on 30 November 1865 |
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| Class and type: | Unadilla-class gunboat |
| Displacement: | 691 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 507 |
| Length: | 158 ft (48 m) (waterline) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in stroke horizontal back-acting engines; single screw |
| Sail plan: | Two-masted schooner |
| Speed: | 10 kn (11.5 mph) |
| Complement: | 114 |
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USS Winona was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for service with the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Winona was heavily armed, with large guns for duels at sea, and 24-pounder howitzers for shore bombardment. Winona saw significant action in the Gulf of Mexico and in the waterways of the Mississippi River and was fortunate to return home safely after the war for decommissioning.
The first ship to be so named by the U.S. Navy, Winona -- a sidewheel gunboat constructed in 1861 at New York City by C. & R. Poillon—was launched on 14 September 1861; delivered to the Navy at the New York Navy Yard on 26 November 1861; and commissioned on 11 December 1861, Lt. Comdr. Edward T. Nichols in command.
Ordered to the Gulf Blockading Squadron and allocated to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron when Union naval responsibility in the area was divided early the next year, she served at the mouth of and in the Mississippi River for the next seven months.
On 24 April 1862, she attempted to pass Forts Jackson and St. Philip but snagged herself on obstructions while the rest of her unit fought its way past the Confederate forts on the river banks and the South's naval forces. Eventually freeing herself, Winona remained below the forts with Comdr. David D. Porter's mortar flotilla while Flag Officer David Farragut moved on upriver to capture New Orleans, Louisiana.
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