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Union Navy Jack USS WestfieldUnited States
NameUSS Westfield
Acquiredby purchase, 22 November 1861
CommissionedJanuary 1862
FateDestroyed to prevent capture, 1 January 1863
General characteristics
TypeSteam gunboat
Displacement822 long tons (835 t)
Length215 ft (66 m)
Beam35 ft (11 m)
Draft13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Armament
  • 1 × 100-pounder Parrott rifle
  • 1 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore gun
  • 4 × 8 in (200 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns

USS Westfield was a sidewheel steam ferryboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

Westfield was purchased by the Navy from Cornelius Vanderbilt on 22 November 1861; outfitted at Jeremiah Simonson's shipyard in Brooklyn, New York City; and commissioned in January 1862, Commander William B. Renshaw in command.

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