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USS Ouachita

USS Ouachita

Acquired: 29 September 1863

Commissioned: 18 January 1864

Decommissioned: 3 July 1865

Captured: 13 July 1863

Sold: 25 September 1865

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Characteristics

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Displacement: 720 tons

Length: 227 ft 6 in

Beam: 38 ft

Draft: 7 ft

Depth of Hold: 7 ft 6 in.

Propulsion: Steam Engine

Side-Wheel Propelled

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Armament

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4 x 30-pounder Army Parrott Rifles

1 x 30-pounder Navy Parrott Rifles

8 x 24-pounder guns

1 12-pounder rifled gun

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Battles

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Mississippi River Squadron

Red River Campaign

Fort De Russy

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