Curlew (steamboat)

US gunboat Curlew; from a sketch by A. R. Waud
History
United States
NameCurlew
OwnerCommercial Steamboat Company, Providence Rhode Island, 1856
Port of registryProvidence, Rhode Island
BuilderSamuel Sneden, Greenpoint, New York
Completed1856
FateSank in Chesapeake Bay 5 November 1863 after colliding with Louisiana
General characteristics
Class & typePropeller steamer
Tons burthen343
Length150 ft (46 m)
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Depth8.75 ft (2.67 m)
PropulsionPropeller, direct acting vertical engine

Curlew was built in 1856 as a wooden-hulled propeller freight boat for the run between Providence, Rhode Island and New York. She served in several capacities during the American Civil War.