USS Miami (1861)

USS Miami at anchor on the James River, Virginia.
History
United States
Name	USS Miami
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard
Launched	16 November 1861
Commissioned	29 January 1862
Decommissioned	22 May 1865
Fate	Sold at auction, 10 August 1865 Merchant steamer until 1869
General characteristics
Type	Sidewheel gunboat
Displacement	730 long tons (742 t)
Length	208 ft 2 in (63.45 m)
Beam	33 ft 2 in (10.11 m)
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	134 officers and men
Armament	1 × 100-pounder Parrott rifle 1 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren gun 4 × 24-pounder guns

The first USS Miami was a side-wheel steamer, double-ender gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

Miami was launched by Philadelphia Navy Yard on November 16, 1861, and commissioned there on January 29, 1862, Lieutenant Abram Davis Harrell in command.