USS Collier

USS Collier was a stern wheel steamer built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1864 as the Allen Collier and purchased by the United States Navy on 7 December of that year.

History
United States
NameUSS Collier
Launched1864
Acquiredby purchase, 7 December 1864
Commissioned18 March 1865
Decommissioned29 July 1865
FateSold, 1865
General characteristics
TypeGunboat
Tonnage177 long tons (180 t)
Length158 ft (48 m)
Beam30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion
  • Steam engine
  • Stern-wheel
Armament
  • 1 × 12-pounder (5 kg) gun
  • 2 × 20-pounder (9 kg) guns
  • 6 × 24-pounder (11 kg) howitzers

The ship was commissioned as the USS Allen Collier on 18 March 1865 and renamed to be USS Collier soon thereafter. Navy records occasionally continued to refer to the ship by her original name, Allen Collier and more frequently by a name which she never carried officially: A. Collier.

Collier patrolled the Mississippi River until the end of the American Civil War. She was decommissioned on 29 July 1865 and sold into civilian service later that year.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.


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