USS Westfield (1861)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Westfield |
| Acquired: | by purchase, 22 November 1861 |
| Commissioned: | January 1862 |
| Fate: | Destroyed to prevent capture, 1 January 1863 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steam gunboat |
| Displacement: | 822 long tons (835 t) |
| Length: | 215 ft (66 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Armament: | • 1 × 100-pounder Parrott rifle • 1 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore gun • 4 × 8 in (200 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns |
USS Westfield was a sidewheel steam ferryboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Westfield was purchased by the Navy from Cornelius Vanderbilt on 22 November 1861; outfitted at Jacob Aaron Westervelts shipyard in New York; and commissioned in January 1862, Commander William B. Renshaw in command.
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