Namesake: Northeaster Philadelphia

Builder: Philadelphia Naval Yard

Laid Down: Unknown

Launched: 7 May 1863

Commissioned: 12 February 1964

Decommissioned: 7 October 1867

Stricken: 1868

Fate: 26 August 1868

Note: Double ended ship

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Characteristics

Class & Type: Sassacus-class gunboat

Displacement: 974 tons

Length: 205 ft.

Beam: 35 ft.

Draft: 8 ft. 10 in.

Propulsion: Steam engine, side wheel propelled

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