Ossipee-class sloop

	Lead of the class USS Ossipee sometime during the 1880s.
Class overview
Name	Ossipee class
Builders	Brooklyn Navy Yard ; Boston Navy Yard ; Philadelphia Navy Yard ; Portsmouth Navy Yard;
Operators	Union Navy; United States Navy;
Preceded by	Mohican-class sloop
Succeeded by	Sacramento-class sloops
Built	1861–1862
In service	1862–1889
Completed	4
Lost	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Class & type	Screw sloop
Displacement	1,900 short tons (1,700 long tons)
Length	205 feet (62 m)
Beam	38 feet (12 m)
Draft	16.7 feet (5.1 m)
Installed power	700 ihp (520 kW)
Propulsion	2 × boilers; 1 × engine; 1 × propeller;
Sail plan	Rigged as barques
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	200
Armament	As planned:; 1 or 2 pivot guns; ~6 × 32 lb (15 kg) cannons;

The Ossipee-class sloop was a series of screw sloops operated by the United States Navy during the American Civil War and later half of the 19th century. The four ships were intended to be heavily armed and operate out at sea as part of a new generation of steam warships. Ordered soon after the outbreak of war, the ships joined the Union Blockade, where two of them were sunk. The remaining duo remained in service for two more decades before they were decommissioned in 1889.