USS Ossipee (1861)

	USS Ossipee in her 1884-1889 configuration, with pivot gun mounted forward of the smokestack
History
United States
Name	USS Ossipee
Namesake	Ossipee River
Builder	Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine
Cost	$383,787.10 ($13,750,000 today)
Laid down	June 1861
Launched	16 November 1861
Sponsored by	Mrs. McFarland
Commissioned	06 Nov 1862 – 03 Jul 1865; 27 Oct 1866 – 30 Nov 1872; 10 Oct 1873 – 25 May 1878; 28 Jan 1884 – 12 Nov 1889;
Fate	Sold 25 March 1891
General characteristics
Type	Screw sloop-of-war
Displacement	1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length	207 ft (63 m)
Beam	38 ft (12 m)
Draft	16 ft (4.9 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)
Installed power	2-cyl., 700 ihp horizontal back-acting
Propulsion	Single screw
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	141 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 100-pounder Parrott rifle; 1 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren gun; 3 × 30-pounder Dahlgren rifles; 6 × 32-pounder guns; 1 × heavy 12-pounder smoothbore gun; 1 × 12-pounder rifle;

The first USS Ossipee was a wooden, screw sloop-of-war in commission in the United States Navy at various times between 1861 and 1889. She served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the Ossipee River of New Hampshire and Maine. The USS Ossipee was present during the Alaska Purchase.