top of page
USS Iosco

USS Iosco

Namesake: Native American meaning Water of Light

Launched: 20 March 1863

Commissioned: 26 April 1864

In service: 9 June 1864

Decommissioned: 28 July 1865

​

​

Characteristics

​

Class & type: Sassacus-class gunboat

Displacement: 1173 tons

Length: 240 ft.

Beam: 35 ft.

Propulsion: Sidewheeler

​

Armament

​

2 x 100-pounder Parrott rifles

4 x 9 in. Dahlgren ssmoothbore guns

2 x 24-pounder howitzers

1 heavy 12-pounder

1 12-pounder

​

​

Battles

​

Protected shipping in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

1st Battle of Fort Fisher

2nd Battle of Fort Fisher

Expedition up the Roanoke River

​

​

bottom of page