For other ships with the same name, see USS De Soto.
Not to be confused with American steamship General Lyon.
USS General Lyon (1862-1865) View of the ship's upper deck, forward, during the Civil War, showing her smokestacks and a 12-pounder Dahlgren howitzer on an iron field carriage. Note low wooden railing around the deck edge.
History
United States
Name
USS General Lyon
Laid down
date unknown
Launched
1860
Commissioned
24 October 1862
Decommissioned
3 August 1865
Stricken
1865 (est.)
Captured
by Union Navy forces
30 September 1862
Fate
Sold, 17 August 1865
General characteristics
Displacement
468 tons
Length
180 ft (55 m)
Beam
35 ft (11 m)
Draft
7 ft (2.1 m)
Propulsion
steam engine
side wheel-propelled
Speed
not known
Complement
not known
Armament
two 12-pounder rifled guns
USS General Lyon, originally the De Soto, was recaptured from the Confederate States of America and renamed USS De Soto, and then USS General Lyon, after Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon.
The steamer was put into service by the Union Navy as a storeship and dispatch boat serving the Union ships on the blockade of the Confederacy.
Confederate ships sinking off Island Number Ten and New Madrid, the USS General Lyon is listed as the Confederate ship CSS De Soto.
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