USS Cincinnati (1861)

USS Cincinnati

USS Cincinnati on the Western Rivers in 1862–63
History
United States
Namesake	Cincinnati, Ohio
Builder	James Eads
Launched	1861
Commissioned	January 16, 1862
Decommissioned	August 4, 1865
Fate	Sold, March 28, 1866
General characteristics
Class and type	City-class ironclad
Displacement	512 tons
Length	175 ft (53 m)
Beam	51 ft 2 in (15.60 m)
Draft	6 ft (1.8 m)
Speed	4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)
Armament	6 × 32 pdr (15 kg) 3 × 8 in (200 mm) sb.[clarification needed] 4 × 42 pdr (19 kg) r.[clarification needed] 1 × 12 pdr (5.4 kg) how.[clarification needed]

The City-class ironclad USS Cincinnati was a stern-wheel casemate gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Cincinnati, Ohio, and was the first ship to bear that name in the United States Navy.