Isaac Smith in commercial service, 1861. Her upper deck, seen here, was removed for Navy service
History
United States
Name
USS Isaac Smith
Namesake
Previous name retained
Owner
Early 1861: Hamilton & Smith
September 1861: United States Navy
Builder
Lawrence & Foulks (New York City)
Completed
1861
Acquired
9 September 1861
Commissioned
17 October 1861[1]
Fate
Captured by Confederate forces 30 January 1863
History
Confederate States of America
Name
CSS Stono
Namesake
Stono River
Acquired
30 January 1863
Commissioned
1863
Fate
Wrecked 5 June 1863
General characteristics
Displacement
453 tons
Length
171 ft 6 in (52.27 m)
Beam
31 ft 4 in (9.55 m)
Draught
9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
steam engine
screw-propelled
Speed
not known
Complement
56
Armament
one 30-pounder Parrott rifle
eight 8" Dahlgren smoothbores
USS Isaac Smith was a screw steamer acquired by the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederate States of America to prevent the Confederacy from trading with other countries. In 1863, she became the only warship in the American Civil War to be captured by enemy land forces. She then served in the Confederate States Navy as CSS Stono until she was wrecked.
^"Military and Naval Intelligence", The New York Times, 1861-10-18.
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