Sacramento-class sloop
USS Lackawanna likely in 1880 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sacramento class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Ossipee-class sloop |
| Succeeded by | Algoma-class sloop |
| Built | 1861–1863 |
| In service | 1862–1883 |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 2 |
| Retired | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Screw sloop |
| Displacement | 2,030–2,100 long tons (2,270–2,350 short tons) or 2,526 long tons (2,829 short tons) |
| Length | 225–232 feet (69–71 m) |
| Beam | 38 feet (12 m) |
| Draft | 16.7 feet (5.1 m) |
| Installed power | 720 ihp (540 kW) or 820 ihp (610 kW) |
| Propulsion | |
| Sail plan | Barque rigged sails |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Armament |
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The Sacramento-class sloop was a series of six screw sloops operated by the United States Navy during the last half of the 19th century. The last two ships, with a slightly longer and larger design, are sometimes known as the Ticonderoga-class. The ships were built during the American Civil War to attack Confederates from the open ocean, and served various roles in supporting the Union Blockade, bombarding forts, or searching for commerce raiders. The ships were withdrawn from frontline service by the 1880s, although the last ship sank in 1908.