USRC Kankakee
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | USRC Kankakee |
| Namesake | Kankakee River |
| Operator | United States Revenue Cutter Service |
| Builder | Westervelt & Son |
| Cost | $103,000 |
| Launched | 15 Sep 1863 |
| Completed | Nov? 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 1867, prior to 28 May |
| Renamed | Kawachi (merchant service) |
| Fate | Broken up after February 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Pawtuxet-class cutter |
| Displacement | 350 tons |
| Length | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) (aft) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × two-cylinder oscillating steam engine; single 8 ft (2.4 m) screw |
| Sail plan | Topsail schooner |
| Speed | About 12 knots |
| Complement | 7 × officers, 34 enlisted |
| Armament | |
USRC Kankakee was a Pawtuxet-class screw steam revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Marine during the American Civil War.
Kankakee spent most of her brief career with the Revenue Marine operating in and around Charleston, South Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In addition to her regular revenue cutter duties, she was used to transport customs officials and was later assigned to test safety equipment.
After less than three years in service, Kankakee was sold in 1867 due to dissatisfaction with her machinery. She later sailed to Japan, where she was renamed Kawachi, she was broken up in or after 1869.