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USS Pawnee

USS Pawnee, Scene on Board, looking Aft

USS Pawnee during the Civil War, with a spar torpedo at her bow

USS Pawnee, Army 8-inch Howitzer on board

USS Pawnee, Scene on Board, looking Aft
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Built By: Philadelphia Naval Yard
Sailed: October 8, 1859
Commissioned: June 11, 1860
Decommissioned: November 18, 1882
Sold: 3 May 1884
Characteristics
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Type: Steam Sloop-of-War
Displacement: 1,533 tons
Length: 221 feet 6 inches
Beam: 47 feet
Draft: 10 feet
Propulsion: Steam Engine & Sail
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Armament
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8 x 9-inch (230 mm) guns
2 x 12-pounder guns
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Battles
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Aquia Creek
Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Port Royal Sound
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
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USS Pawnee (1859). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pawnee_(1859). Accessed 10 January 2026
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