USS Benton
USS Benton
Built By: James B. Eads, St. Louis
Acquired: November 1861
Commissioned: February 24, 1862
Decommissioned: July 20, 1865
Fate: Sold November 29, 1865
Characteristics
Type: Gunboat
Displacement: 633 long tons
Length: 202 feet
Beam: 72 feet
Draft: 9 feet
Speed: 5.5 knots
Propulsion: Steam-driven
Stern Paddlewheel
Battles
Plum Point Bend
Memphis
Red River Campaign
Armament:
February 1862:
2 x 9-inch smoothbores
7 x 42-pounder rifles
7 x 32-pounder rifles
August 1862
2 x 9-inch smoothbores
2 x 50-pounder rifle
4 x 42-pounder rifles
8 x 32-pounder rifles
1 x 12-pounder Howitzer
January 1863
4 x 9-inch smoothbores
2 x 50-pounder rifles
4 x 42-pounder rifles
6 x 32-pounder rifles
1 x 12-pounder Howitzer
December 1863
8 x 9-inch smoothbores
2 x 100-pounder rifle
2 x 50-pounder rifle
4 32-pounder rifles
1 12-pounder Howitzer